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

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Zhang Yitang Zhang Yitang As: Himself
Erica Klarreich Erica Klarreich As: Herself
Andrew Granville Andrew Granville As: Himself
Terence Tao Terence Tao As: Himself
James Maynard James Maynard As: Himself
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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.


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Genres: Documentary

Language: English

Release Date: 10 January 2015

Country: US

Runtime: 57m

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Company: ZALA Films

Budget: $150,000

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Ashley James

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