Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture
2015•57m•7.0•Released
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.
Director
George Paul Csicsery
Budget
$0M
Languages
English
Studio
ZALA Films
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
Production
Company
ZALA Films
Producer
George Paul Csicsery
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