Dimensions
Nine chapters, two hours of maths, that take you gradually up to the fourth dimension. Mathematical vertigo guaranteed!
Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture
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.
Top Billed Cast
Zhang Yitang Himself
Erica Klarreich Herself
Andrew Granville Himself
Terence Tao Himself
James Maynard Himself
Kannan Soundararajan Himself
Jacob Chi Himself
Peter Sarnak Himself
David Eisenbud Himself
Lin Chang Herself
Juliet Chi Herself
Julius Chi Himself
Enrico Bombieri Himself
Edward Hinson Himself
Wenhua Qian Himself
Yaling Sun Herself
Kenneth Ribet Himself
Nicholas M. Katz Himself
Daniel Alan Goldston Himself
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