Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Nathan Ng
Topic
Zhang's theorem on bounded gaps between primes
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In April 2013, Yitang Zhang announced one of the great
theorems in the history of number theory. He showed there exists an absolute constant C such that infinitely many consecutive primes differ by C. This theorem goes a long way towards proving the twin prime conjecture. In this talk I will give an overview of Zhang's theorem and
some of the main ideas in the proof.
theorems in the history of number theory. He showed there exists an absolute constant C such that infinitely many consecutive primes differ by C. This theorem goes a long way towards proving the twin prime conjecture. In this talk I will give an overview of Zhang's theorem and
some of the main ideas in the proof.