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A giant step for twin primes News

by David Shaw, 10 July 2013 | 0 comments

Dr. Yitang (Tom) Zhang

Three and five. Five and seven. Eleven and thirteen. Prime numbers often appear as twins, only two apart. For hundreds of years, mathematicians have wondered – is there a biggest pair of twin primes, or does the list of twins keep going forever?

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