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Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture
7.0 / 10• 2015• 57m•NR• English
Documentary
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
ZY
Zhang Yitang
Himself
LeadEK
Erica Klarreich
Herself
AG
Andrew Granville
Himself
TT
Terence Tao
Himself
JM
James Maynard
Himself
KS
Kannan Soundararajan
Himself
JC
Jacob Chi
Himself
PS
Peter Sarnak
Himself
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. George Paul Csicsery's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
