Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture (2015)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 57M

Director : George Paul Csicsery

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Zhang Yitang
Zhang Yitang
Himself
Erica Klarreich
Erica Klarreich
Herself
Andrew Granville
Andrew Granville
Himself
Terence Tao
Terence Tao
Himself
James Maynard
James Maynard
Himself
Kannan Soundararajan
Kannan Soundararajan
Himself
Jacob Chi
Jacob Chi
Himself
Peter Sarnak
Peter Sarnak
Himself
David Eisenbud
David Eisenbud
Himself
Lin Chang
Lin Chang
Herself
Juliet Chi
Juliet Chi
Herself
Julius Chi
Julius Chi
Himself
Enrico Bombieri
Enrico Bombieri
Himself
Edward Hinson
Edward Hinson
Himself
Wenhua Qian
Wenhua Qian
Himself
Yaling Sun
Yaling Sun
Herself
Kenneth Ribet
Kenneth Ribet
Himself
Nicholas M. Katz
Nicholas M. Katz
Himself
Daniel Alan Goldston
Daniel Alan Goldston
Himself

Crews

George Paul Csicsery
George Paul Csicsery
Director
George Paul Csicsery
George Paul Csicsery
Producer
Richard Chon
Richard Chon
Original Music Composer
Ashley James
Ashley James
Director of Photography
Skip Sweeney
Skip Sweeney
Director of Photography
Kyung Lee
Kyung Lee
Editor
Tal David Skloot
Tal David Skloot
Editor

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