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Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture (2015)

In April 2013, a lecturer at the University of New Hampshire submitted a paper to the Annals of Mathematics. Within weeks word spread: a little-known mathematician, with no permanent job, working in complete isolation, had made an important breakthrough toward solving the Twin Prime Conjecture. Yitang Zhang's techniques for bounding the gaps between primes soon led to rapid progress by the Polymath Group, and a further innovation by James Maynard.

  • Documentary

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Zhang YitangZhang YitangHimself
  • Photo of Erica KlarreichErica KlarreichHerself
  • Photo of Andrew GranvilleAndrew GranvilleHimself
  • Photo of Terence TaoTerence TaoHimself
  • Photo of James MaynardJames MaynardHimself
  • Photo of Kannan SoundararajanKannan SoundararajanHimself
  • Photo of Jacob ChiJacob ChiHimself
  • Photo of Peter SarnakPeter SarnakHimself
  • Photo of David EisenbudDavid EisenbudHimself
  • Photo of Lin ChangLin ChangHerself

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