Gaps between Primes - Numberphile

An exciting paper about gaps between prime numbers - a step closer to proving the twin prime conjecture.
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The proof was published by Yitang "Tom" Zhang from the University of New Hampshire.

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[isacharjones]

*Professor answers telephone*
"Hello! Hi Babe..."
Brady: "Was that Ed?"

[nb]

8:00
"You'd just think there's no way you're going to find your true love. You probably wouldn't even bother going out of the house you'd just stay in an watch p-... Jeremy Kyle or something."
Great save

[JLizard]

I had Yitang Zhang as a Calculus TA at Purdue. He was full of energy and excited to teach, apologized for his English and would stay after class if anyone ever had questions. I remember him after all these years because Yitang Zhang is that special! 😁

[unvergebeneid]

The progression "twin, cousin, sexy" is worrying....

[tommykarrick]

“Oh the highest known is only in the trillions?—“
//starts writing the times 2
“oH”

[OmanshuThapliyal]

The said Prof. Yitang Zhang was actually forced work in a Subway because he was unable to find academic positions after completing his doctorate from Purdue University (his adviser, Dr. T. T. Moh's role is somewhat controversial).

However, he eventually gained the fame he deserved.

[wyboo]

this guy's kind of my new hero. i'm a butcher that can't go to college but i spend all of my free time studying mathematics (ie reading through textbooks and doing the exercises) and i hope to one day prove something

[likeriver]

A brilliant mathematician AND a sandwich artist? damn, save some luck for the rest of us.

[DSAhmed]

Einstein worked as a clerk... to all you subway sandwich artists: It can happen.

[ErinSanJuan]

Tom Zhang was my math teacher in college.

[numberphile]

I am not entirely sure the paper will solve your problem, but definitely read it!

[numberphile]

The brown papers from this video are available - check the full video description for link.

(and don't miss the extra interview footage - some nice stuff in there!)

[ZER--]

7:05 When he mentioned prime numbers "falling in love", I thought, wouldn't primes "fall in love" with sexy primes the most ?

[joejoey]

Two years passed, I am still fucking in awe.

[jeromechauvet]

Before he became famous, Zhang was a complete unknown... Waow, that's insane indeed.

[NoriMori]

Fun fact, the issue of _Annals of Mathematics_ that published Zhang's proof is one of only two back issues on their website that is listed separately with its own price. The other one is the issue that published Fermat's Last Theorem.

[numberphile]

no - there could be massive gaps, much bigger than 70, 000, 000... but there just happen to be an infinite number of primes which sit close to each other (ie: within the 70, 000, 000)

like waiting a long time for a bus, then two can come along almost at once! :)

[LordOmnipraetor]

8:09 Well saved :) "you're just gonna stay in and watch ... Jeremy Kyle"

[StreuB]

I could listen to these types of discussions endlessly.

[SkyFoxTale]

AH what? The primes with a small difference between them are siblings, and they're also 
falling in love with each other?