Film·2015·57m

Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture

Documentary

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.

Directed by George Paul Csicsery

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12 credited

Zhang Yitang
Zhang YitangHimself
Erica Klarreich
Erica KlarreichHerself
Andrew Granville
Andrew GranvilleHimself
Terence Tao
Terence TaoHimself
James Maynard
James MaynardHimself
Kannan Soundararajan
Kannan SoundararajanHimself
Jacob Chi
Jacob ChiHimself
Peter Sarnak
Peter SarnakHimself
David Eisenbud
David EisenbudHimself
Lin Chang
Lin ChangHerself
Juliet Chi
Juliet ChiHerself
Julius Chi
Julius ChiHimself

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