Large Gaps between Primes - Numberphile

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  • @numberphile
    @numberphile  7 років тому +198

    A little extra snippet on just how much Dr Maynard loves prime numbers!!!
    ua-cam.com/video/muVcPi7oWWY/v-deo.html

    • @stephensu4371
      @stephensu4371 7 років тому +3

      Numberphile can we have Complex number next time please

    • @punchybanana5317
      @punchybanana5317 7 років тому +1

      Stephen Su do you even math

    • @punchybanana5317
      @punchybanana5317 7 років тому +1

      Numberphile love the fact that we are only inhibited by our patience.

    • @VfletchS
      @VfletchS 7 років тому +9

      I don't always understand or keep up with these videos, but I've still learned a thing or two and love watching them.

    • @prateekpani2597
      @prateekpani2597 7 років тому +1

      +Numberphile can you request Andrew Wiles or atleast reach out to him and make a video with him?

  • @jeffirwin7862
    @jeffirwin7862 7 років тому +231

    "Terry Tao only beat me by one day."
    That's pretty badass, dude.

  • @gatoradeee
    @gatoradeee 7 років тому +619

    The fact that maynard independently proved this conjecture within 1 day of Tao's collaborative effort is astounding. This kid is wicked smart.

    • @garryiglesias4074
      @garryiglesias4074 7 років тому +114

      Add to this that the "competing" group was "barely extending" an already fertile ground (not to say it was easy...).
      While Maynard did a more disruptive, or creative approach.

    • @subh1
      @subh1 7 років тому +43

      I am pretty sure he did not complete the proof in 1 day. He surely published it within 1 day.

    • @ig2d
      @ig2d 7 років тому +10

      It's amazing how often this happens - people working concurrently and independently achieving the same result at about the same time. Be interesting to know how the results came to be published just one day apart though - presumably the first result precipitated the publication of the second.

    • @Vautour32
      @Vautour32 7 років тому +67

      There should be a theorem about the gaps between two consecutive papers on gaps between two consecutive primes.

    • @kinuux
      @kinuux 6 років тому

      guys! humanity must find the last prime number!
      2X3X4.........X infinity + 2
      2X3X4.........X infinity + 3
      2X3X4.........X infinity + 4
      2X3X4.........X infinity* + infinity* must be equal
      So there is an end of prime numbers

  • @jamesflaum8860
    @jamesflaum8860 7 років тому +1366

    All prime numbers except 2 are odd, this makes 2 the oddest prime.

    • @DanPeala
      @DanPeala 7 років тому +61

      Even though it isn't odd?

    • @avdrago7170
      @avdrago7170 7 років тому +23

      Dan Peal because it is odd, as in not like the rest

    • @DanPeala
      @DanPeala 7 років тому +57

      *facepalm* you missed my pun, friend

    • @matthewbertrand4139
      @matthewbertrand4139 7 років тому +6

      How's that for irony?

    • @kaelangrafton4726
      @kaelangrafton4726 7 років тому +21

      Wouldn't 2 then be the _least_ oddest prime?

  • @superpanda9810
    @superpanda9810 7 років тому +120

    Anyone else think James Maynard would be the best math teacher ever? He's so polite and enthusiastic

    • @joshurlay
      @joshurlay 7 років тому +11

      superpanda9810 I wish he was mine.

    • @RonWolfHowl
      @RonWolfHowl 7 років тому +5

      _He’s all mine._

  • @AuroCords
    @AuroCords 7 років тому +113

    "times a small constant c"
    *writes a tiny letter c*

  • @jamesflaum8860
    @jamesflaum8860 7 років тому +1829

    The US really needs 53 states, then we really could be "One Nation, Indivisible...."

    • @iammaxhailme
      @iammaxhailme 7 років тому +97

      Puerto Rico, Guam, Samoa... we've got some candidates already!

    • @michaelsommers2356
      @michaelsommers2356 7 років тому +197

      Or we could just throw out all but the original 13.

    • @Scy
      @Scy 7 років тому +16

      DC

    • @AuroraNora3
      @AuroraNora3 7 років тому +10

      James Flaum
      just 51 actually

    • @Shadowlink137
      @Shadowlink137 7 років тому +121

      51 = 17 x 3

  • @TheLocust830
    @TheLocust830 7 років тому +982

    What sound does a drowning mathematician make?
    loglogloglogloglog

    • @JM-us3fr
      @JM-us3fr 7 років тому +25

      Shane Dobkins Specifically, a number theorist ;P

    • @thesavantart8480
      @thesavantart8480 7 років тому +11

      Shane Dobkins Terence Tao!:D

    • @CL2K
      @CL2K 7 років тому +4

      lol

    • @INT_MAX
      @INT_MAX 7 років тому +9

      Are you THREATENING me?

    • @fossilfighters101
      @fossilfighters101 7 років тому +3

      ++++

  • @Goryllo
    @Goryllo 6 років тому +9

    Dr Maynard talks about math with the kind of genuine excitement only a child would show, I loved every second of this video!

  • @Jammerjoint
    @Jammerjoint 7 років тому +13

    I just want to thank you guys for continuing to bring cutting edge maths into the public eye.

  • @sandoval9276
    @sandoval9276 7 років тому +313

    I wonder if Matt gave this a go, and got it almost right...

    • @ancbi
      @ancbi 7 років тому +23

      I can see that you gave something a go too. *pats in the back.*

    • @JM-us3fr
      @JM-us3fr 7 років тому +132

      SoyLuciano Someday he will discover the Parker gap, a gap that's correct except for infinitely many exceptions

    • @mcbonnes
      @mcbonnes 7 років тому +17

      The Parker Primes?

    • @samuelthecamel
      @samuelthecamel 4 роки тому +1

      key word "almost"

    • @abdullahalawi5581
      @abdullahalawi5581 3 роки тому

      What will happen if we find a sequence that decrease the gap between prime numbers?

  • @Ostariophysi
    @Ostariophysi 2 роки тому +2

    Dr Maynard has won the Fields Medal! Congratulations!

  • @PlayTheMind
    @PlayTheMind 7 років тому +394

    Where's Ramanujan when you really need him?!

  • @dielfonelletab8711
    @dielfonelletab8711 7 років тому +285

    Uploaded 8 minutes ago; video is 9:26 in length; 116 likes... You people have good faith!

    • @dielfonelletab8711
      @dielfonelletab8711 7 років тому +65

      Now that I have finished the video I can confirm that your faith was well founded.

    • @chandir7752
      @chandir7752 7 років тому +18

      But the last minute can't ruin the whole video, can it?

    • @MrChinner118
      @MrChinner118 7 років тому +21

      You're new here aren't you

    • @UMosNyu
      @UMosNyu 7 років тому +23

      You are not watching the videos in higher speed?...

    • @bisw4sh
      @bisw4sh 5 років тому +1

      2 years and 1 month past only 3 dislike has increased so we can conclude they were from rival channel :D

  • @austynhughes134
    @austynhughes134 7 років тому +3

    These videos with Dr. Maynard are great!

  • @lizardbaron3727
    @lizardbaron3727 7 років тому +108

    naughty brady using comic sans.

  • @alexanderf8451
    @alexanderf8451 7 років тому +6

    coming in second to a team of four people including Terrence Tao is really impressive

  • @SquirrelASMR
    @SquirrelASMR 2 роки тому +2

    That factorial proof is so simple yet cool

  • @maxisjaisi400
    @maxisjaisi400 7 років тому +28

    "There are a prime gaps bigger than the number of atoms in the universe."
    Ultrafinitists:TRIGGERRED

  • @macronencer
    @macronencer 7 років тому +27

    Near the start of this video I thought to myself, "I bet the answer involves a log function...". I had no idea how much I was going to end up laughing at the end.

  • @Aielo98
    @Aielo98 7 років тому +71

    They split the 10.000. But they split 5000 to each response or 2000 to each person? I think James should get 5000 since he did his own work by himself

    • @voteforno.6155
      @voteforno.6155 7 років тому +5

      Lucas Aielo I was thinking the same thing... I'm guessing they split 5 way equally.

    • @yoloswaggins2161
      @yoloswaggins2161 7 років тому +41

      Imo they should split 1k between them and give 9k to me.

    • @alveolate
      @alveolate 7 років тому +28

      they're professional mathematicians, of course they'll be calculative and come up with some number theorem to split it equitably.

    • @ffggddss
      @ffggddss 7 років тому +46

      Well, of course, what you want here, is a geometric compromise between those two most obvious strategies; so that ⅓ goes to James, and ⅔ goes to the 4-way collaboration, to be split into 4 equal, ⅙ shares.
      That way, the quartet gets twice what the soloist gets, while each member of the quartet gets half what the soloist gets.
      As for the odd 4¢ (6 · $1666.66 = $10k - $.04), they'll have to fight amongst themselves over that, just being thankful that the quartet wasn't a trio for purposes of this rule.
      And before you ask (if you even thought you had to), yes, I *am* a mathematician.

    • @rogerwang21
      @rogerwang21 7 років тому +2

      1*4000+4*1500
      Maybe?

  • @2Sor2Fig
    @2Sor2Fig 3 роки тому +6

    I really love your channel. I'm a Biochemist, and most of my life math was just a useful annoyance I had to study for 2 years. I've enjoyed watching your channel so much more than I though I would, and it;s given me a whole new perspective on the meaning of mathematics. Thank-you for doing this.

  • @marwanazizi4692
    @marwanazizi4692 2 роки тому +2

    Congrats on the Fields Medal, James !!

  • @Nixitur
    @Nixitur 4 роки тому +17

    I find it absolutely fascinating how Maynard and the other group had completely different approaches to the problem, but got _the exact same_ formula for large prime gaps.
    Is there some strange connection here? Or was that formula already hypothesised to be the solution, and they simply used different approaches to proving it?

  • @martinmedinatanco3190
    @martinmedinatanco3190 7 років тому +15

    Judging by that Rolex, Dr. Maynard, I think I know where the 2000 bucks went

    • @WhatIInk
      @WhatIInk 4 роки тому +2

      Not a Rolex. Looks like an Armani.

  • @JoseArrieta
    @JoseArrieta 2 роки тому +2

    Congrats James!!!

  • @WizoML
    @WizoML 7 років тому +4

    Being a mathematician might just be the best job in the world, seeing as how you get addicted to your job... No wonder all of these guys smile all the time :D

  • @DasIllu
    @DasIllu 7 років тому +1

    Why is it that prime numbers, constants and their relations and patterns are so intriguing?
    I haven't even studied math, had OKish grades in school, but now that i am free of the constraints of school or using math at work it all starts to have such a fascinating glimmer to it.
    It all started with SDRs and i was fascinated how, with help of i.e. the fourier transformation, you'd be able to extract signal from noise that no human ear could even guess they were there. And you know if you say Fourier, you say "e", "pi", "i"...
    That was where my jouney began.

    • @metal3543
      @metal3543 2 роки тому +1

      I don't know, but i am in high school and these prime related videos are particularly interesting to me

  • @ksgill95
    @ksgill95 7 років тому +19

    No trees were cut down in the making of this video

    • @munjee2
      @munjee2 6 років тому

      Mave Flair lumber Jacks (specifically for tutorials)

    • @alexwang982
      @alexwang982 6 років тому +2

      log

    • @coopergates9680
      @coopergates9680 5 років тому

      Oops, brown paper o.O

  • @kamikaze2613
    @kamikaze2613 7 років тому +1

    Would realy like to see more of Dr Maynard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @stianaslaksen5799
    @stianaslaksen5799 2 роки тому +7

    Big congrats on your fields medal! Well done :-)

  • @Skeluz
    @Skeluz 7 років тому +1

    That is a really cool expression.
    Mind blowing that one can discover and tinker with something like that.
    Nicely done!

  • @AzureLazuline
    @AzureLazuline 7 років тому +69

    last time I saw so many logs in one place, they were building a cabin!

    • @ffggddss
      @ffggddss 7 років тому +4

      Or a really huge bonfire!

    • @pedroocm
      @pedroocm 7 років тому +5

      Or an equation about prime gaps!

    • @fossilfighters101
      @fossilfighters101 7 років тому +5

      **slaps knee**

    • @MattyStoked
      @MattyStoked 7 років тому +3

      *thumbs hooked in and pulling out maths braces*

    • @GlobalWarmingSkeptic
      @GlobalWarmingSkeptic 7 років тому

      bonfire(x) = log(log(log(log(log(log(log(log(x))))))))

  • @khadizabegum183
    @khadizabegum183 2 роки тому +1

    congratulations for winning the fields medal

  • @crazydrummer4827
    @crazydrummer4827 7 років тому +109

    I went on internet to rest from math, but looks like I won't :D

    • @maks12a
      @maks12a 7 років тому +1

      Kakvo imam zapažanje, poznata mi je ova slika skroz. Pozdrav brate balkanski :D

    • @crazydrummer4827
      @crazydrummer4827 7 років тому

      Pozdrav zemljače :D

    • @blue9139
      @blue9139 5 років тому +1

      Crazy drummer
      Lol i do the opposite

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 2 роки тому +3

    2022 Fields medalist!!

  • @bryanroland9402
    @bryanroland9402 7 років тому +3

    It's the first time I've seen James Maynard on a Numberphile video. I look forward to more.
    Speaking as one of your innumerate viewers, I'd say good job, nice delivery and he look as if he doesn't get out much, like a proper mathematician. Appearances can be deceiving of course.

  • @Tiqerboy
    @Tiqerboy 7 років тому +3

    I've always been fascinated by the twin prime gaps of the same size such as 199 to 211 and then 211 to 223. Prime number 211 has a gap of 12 in each direction. I wonder if this can be done for every even number.

  • @SlowPutter
    @SlowPutter 7 років тому +5

    Terry Tao & collabs straight up ninja'd James Maynard

  • @coloneldookie7222
    @coloneldookie7222 7 років тому +3

    So, the purpose of using logarithms are to deconstruct a variable exponent, right?
    What was the original equation that required all those logs? That's the link or video I want, Brady!

  • @JMUDoc
    @JMUDoc 4 роки тому +1

    0:20 - "... a very high-school argument."
    I went to Cambridge to do maths, and I didn't see this until my first week there.

    • @Duel53
      @Duel53 3 роки тому

      I think he means that an argument a high schooler could understand since in high school you could understand factorials and adding them is not a prime

  • @Jimorian
    @Jimorian 3 роки тому +2

    Using the simpler expression and simple minded solution, if you wanted to look for an arbitrarily large prime, you could start with X! and then work downward (X!-1) to avoid the known gap.

  • @Quantris
    @Quantris 4 роки тому +3

    My tiny improvement: instead of n! you just need the product of primes

    • @user-me7hx8zf9y
      @user-me7hx8zf9y 4 роки тому

      What about 2*3*5*7*... + 4? ;)

    • @user-me7hx8zf9y
      @user-me7hx8zf9y 4 роки тому

      you forgot to account for prime powers ;D

    • @Quantris
      @Quantris 4 роки тому +1

      @@user-me7hx8zf9y not following... 2*3*5*7...+4 is divisible by 2 and therefore not prime.

    • @user-me7hx8zf9y
      @user-me7hx8zf9y 4 роки тому

      @@Quantris Yeah I scrolled up to correct myself

    • @user-me7hx8zf9y
      @user-me7hx8zf9y 4 роки тому +1

      @@Quantris 5 am number theory gang wya

  • @MrQwefty
    @MrQwefty 7 років тому +1

    Hey, don't be so rough on your formula! logs of logs can take time to calculate, but they make the large numbers significantly smaller! I think it's a great and efficient formula :)

  • @herethere2091
    @herethere2091 2 роки тому +1

    Me pranking a high schooler: “Find a prime number larger than infinity factorial.” 😂

  • @JorjEade
    @JorjEade 7 місяців тому +1

    I like how his 0s look like hearts

  • @venkateshbabu5623
    @venkateshbabu5623 6 років тому +1

    You have large gaps between primes is because waves expand as they move from the center. And interference patterns have wide gaps.

  • @deeelmore4560
    @deeelmore4560 7 років тому

    idea for a piece of mathy art: you have your x axis be the increment you increase by and your y axis is the prime you start with, and at every point you color it based on a scale from 0 to the highest number of primes in a row included on the graph. i'd be very interested to see how it turned out, but i don't have the brainpower, patience, or resources to do it myself.

  • @pouriatayebi7760
    @pouriatayebi7760 7 років тому +1

    Please do a video about Maryam Mirzakhani and her work on geometry

  • @leppie
    @leppie 7 років тому +2

    What you think of the graph of `f(x) = prime(x)/log(prime(x))/log(x)` ?

  • @Tondadrd
    @Tondadrd 3 роки тому +3

    8:16 Hmm, I think James Maynard forgot to square the denominator in this video so the formula differs from both his and the other team's papers.

  • @clemens379
    @clemens379 7 років тому +1

    How does the Riemann hypothesis play into the problem of large gaps between primes and do the (nontrivial) zeros of the zeta function tell us something about the gaps between primes?

  • @hedger0w
    @hedger0w 11 місяців тому

    8:05 "I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK. I sleep all night and work all day!"

  • @UMosNyu
    @UMosNyu 7 років тому

    Interessting how +6 was used there.
    I once played around with C a bit and found that the gaps between 2 primes "tend" to be multiples of 6.
    With "tends" I mean:
    If you plot the number of primes with gap x vs x you get something similar to a saw.
    dropping, dropping, oh: X is a multiple of 6: increase a bit again, dropping, dropping, oh: multiple 6: increase etc.

    • @Alexagrigorieff
      @Alexagrigorieff 3 роки тому

      All primes can be expressed as 6N+1 and 6N-1

    • @zanti4132
      @zanti4132 2 місяці тому

      If the prime is 1 less than a multiple of 6, the gap to the next prime is either a multiple of 6 or 2 more than a multiple of 6. Assuming the gaps are reasonably random, each case should account for about half.
      If the prime is 1 more than a multiple of 6, the gap to the next prime is either a multiple of 6 or 4 more than a multiple of 6. Again,
      each case should account for about half.
      So, the gap between consecutive primes should be a multiple of 6 about half the time. For smaller primes, you can expect this to be a little less than half because the non-multiples of 6 get the first shot, but the ratio should approach 1/2 for larger primes.

  • @Cash2411
    @Cash2411 4 роки тому

    Love the way he explain it

  • @bailey125
    @bailey125 6 років тому +4

    Is there any proof for the longest same number gap between consecutive primes? Eg if there was 6 spaces between two primes, then 6 spaces to the next one, then again and again?

    • @MarkusDarkess
      @MarkusDarkess 5 років тому

      The most that consecutive six would get is 4

  • @Nzargnalphabet
    @Nzargnalphabet 10 місяців тому

    I did just realize that there’s a space of x!-x!/x between every off limit section, which means the gap in which it’s unpredictable grows by a factorial too

  • @jovanradenkovic2852
    @jovanradenkovic2852 3 місяці тому

    Maybe there are prime gaps between p_n and p_{n+1} of length c^{sqrt(ln(n))} for some c>1 or better infinitely often.

  • @Softcushion
    @Softcushion 7 років тому

    Just a point of reference. It's pronounced 'Air Dish' I only know this from reading the book 'the man who only loved numbers' a fantastic read by the way.

  • @Durakken
    @Durakken 7 років тому

    I dunno how to express this but...
    If you take a set of 10, and reduce it to the digits that could possibly be prime (numbers ending with digits 1, 3, 7, and 9). This set of 4 numbers will always be divisible by primes or exponents of primes if they're not prime. I'm not sure if this is known but I assume that someone else must have stumbled across this... but once you know this it seems pretty obvious why there are gaps and how big they should be... they're predictable because they grow as the pool of primes and prime exponents grow and the size of gaps should be fairly easy to figure out from that... likewise where the primes should turn up because it's simply where the multiplies primes and prime exponents don't line up >.>
    Though I haven't really spent much time on primes and I'm not really good at math, so I think this should be well known but it seems that people don't know it or it just isn't significant...

  • @rezakghazi
    @rezakghazi 6 місяців тому +1

    This video is not in your Prime Numbers playlist.

  • @WiggysanWiggysan
    @WiggysanWiggysan 7 років тому

    WOW. A new record for Numberphile.
    Had me 100% confused within 39 seconds. Well done team !

  • @OlafDoschke
    @OlafDoschke 7 років тому

    Who worked longer on his paper? Can you quantify that at all, do you log your time on a certain topic?

  • @tur2001
    @tur2001 7 років тому

    There should be video on Numberphile about harmonic analysis, Fourier series or wavelets. I mean, isn't it insteresting that we can build almost every function from many tiny parts? Thumbs up if you are also interested!

  • @rchas1023
    @rchas1023 Рік тому

    If the numbers either side of a primorial Pn# are themselves composite, then the sequence ( Pn# - Pn'+1, ... , Pn# + Pn'-1 ) forms a gap of length 2(Pn' + 1) - 1 [ where Pn, Pn' denotes the nth prime and its successor prime, of course ]. The sequence ( N! + 2, ... , N! + N ) 'only' guarantees a length of N - 1.

  • @DrDress
    @DrDress 7 років тому +17

    Thumps up if you find a partialy erased blackboard irrationally annoying.

  • @disgruntledtoons
    @disgruntledtoons 4 роки тому

    A gap of n-1 primes appears much earlier than n!+2. There will also be a gap starting at the least common multiple of 2 through n, plus two, a much smaller number than n!+2.

  • @msclrhd
    @msclrhd 7 років тому

    For p>9, don't you just have to check numbers ending in 1, 3, 7, and 9, instead of the other 6 numbers in that group of 10 (e.g. 20-29)? That is because numbers ending (0, 2, 4, 6, 8) are not prime because they are divisible by 2, and those ending in 0 or 5 are divisible by 5. While this is still a linear search, it is better than searching all numbers.

  • @A8nton
    @A8nton 7 років тому

    Whose work was more accurate? Or did both groups end up with the same formula?

  • @SOLAR_WillToWin
    @SOLAR_WillToWin 7 років тому +1

    Welcome back James!

  • @richsposato
    @richsposato 7 років тому

    Please make a video showing how this proof on prime gaps is related to Yitang Zhang's work on prime gaps.

  • @TheViolaBuddy
    @TheViolaBuddy 7 років тому +1

    1:48 I see that long-scale billion there.

  • @ModuliOfRiemannSurfaces
    @ModuliOfRiemannSurfaces 2 роки тому +3

    New Fields dropped

  • @henrywilson5072
    @henrywilson5072 7 років тому

    SAW MATT PARKER AFTER SCHOOL TODAY AT THE LATYMER SCHOOL, EDMONTON!

  • @LikelyToBeEatenByAGrue
    @LikelyToBeEatenByAGrue 4 роки тому

    So, whose paper got the better bound on consecutive primes? Or did they get the same bound in two different ways?

  • @johnnypoker46
    @johnnypoker46 7 років тому +1

    Next challenge: find the integral of (log log log X) / (log X + log log X + log log log log X)

  • @BethKjos
    @BethKjos 7 років тому

    Surprised nobody immediately pointed out its unnecessary to multiply by all 100 numbers but only take the product of primes

  • @solderbuff
    @solderbuff 5 років тому +1

    I am a simple man. I see Paul Erdős - I hit "Like".

  • @trondordoesstuff
    @trondordoesstuff 5 років тому

    Consecutive days where solutions are found to a problem relating to consecutive prime numbers are often far apart.

  • @fernandoquinonez5040
    @fernandoquinonez5040 5 років тому

    Very nice!!

  • @UltimateInnerSpirit
    @UltimateInnerSpirit 5 років тому

    My mind has just been blown...The is a graham number prime gap after Graham’s number factorial

  • @gorter23
    @gorter23 7 років тому

    this might be a weird question but are the smallest gaps between the primes equal in size every time between them

  • @dracoboy4175
    @dracoboy4175 7 років тому +16

    I controlled myself by not commenting before watching the full video

  • @craig3.0
    @craig3.0 7 років тому

    I desperately want to see Maynard and Tao get in a nerd fight.
    If you've ever checked out the math collaboration website they post to, it almost seems like they're constantly trying to one-up each other.

  • @mamoonblue
    @mamoonblue 7 років тому +66

    He had the board but chose the paper.

    • @Reydriel
      @Reydriel 7 років тому +54

      Muhammad The Hope
      The brown paper is a Numberphile staple :P

  • @clementtan5004
    @clementtan5004 7 років тому

    Its amazing how numberphile surpasses vsauce in the number of ways to blow my mind

  • @suhyeonpark8728
    @suhyeonpark8728 7 років тому

    other than encryption, is there a use for finding these large primes?

  • @dozenazer1811
    @dozenazer1811 5 років тому

    MIND THE GAP between the platform and the train!

  • @himanshumallick2269
    @himanshumallick2269 7 років тому

    Dr. Maynard, can't the twin prime conjecture be solved by proving Brun's constant irrational?

  • @andymcl92
    @andymcl92 7 років тому +3

    So we're using "billion" from the long system then? ;)

  • @SquirrelASMR
    @SquirrelASMR 2 роки тому +1

    This guy reminds me of fuzzy peaches, sweedish berries, and wine gums for some reason.

  • @legendgames128
    @legendgames128 6 років тому +2

    1:20 Imagine adding 100! with 100!

    • @RSDonovan
      @RSDonovan 3 роки тому

      OK using J programming language :
      +: !100x
      186652430887888305363398477712533400981431936528763242937185927790435199986459831217882927952313036572507395841654447516502370421833728000000000000000000000000
      Takes a couple of milliseconds on a basic 3 year old laptop!

  • @pranitmane
    @pranitmane Рік тому

    very inspiring..

  • @marcosglasner6412
    @marcosglasner6412 7 років тому

    The biggest difference between the prime numbers is a better discription for the trigonometry. The biggest gaps between the prime numbers are the functions of tangent where the prime number "x" is to a distance of tag (lnx ^ (1/5) * and * i) of the prime number "y". The angle must be between 0 degrees up to 90 degrees, this due to the calculation, in other words, to minimize the effects of the inflections of the function. When a prime number approaches 90 degrees or zero degree, we have the biggest difference between the prime number. A fact is snoopers that as in a circular area between 0 and 180 degrees we can only build triangulos rectangles when two of his extermidades are between 0 and 180 degrees, to functions it expresses tangents exatclly the relations between prime numbers distances. In an angle from zero to 90 degrees in a trigonometric proper criculo the characteristic of the tangent, of tendency the asymmetry is easier to calculate the decimal number that is the biggest between prime numbers. I have not computational power but of the house 43 to 87 of the number pi, tranformation this number in decimal, this is the biggest distance between a prime and different number. I believe that we will find the first one in the order of 10^123 prime numbers. Interesting, since for convencion the 1 is not a prime but others, 2 and 3, are the first two prime numbers. It is important to notice that the function will give an irrational number, which leads to think that between the house 43 and 87 of the number pi we add the first term of the decimal house, then the second for the second number I excel and so successively. You can put the decimal number in the channel in order that I know exactly the medium of this distribution? Thank you.

  • @luke9632
    @luke9632 7 років тому

    Considering the idea of X! + Y resulting in an X sized sequence of non-prime numbers, what would be the case if X was equal to infinity?

  • @EpochRazael
    @EpochRazael 7 років тому

    This makes me wonder what the ratio of primes/whole numbers is and how that changes over regular intervals in magnitude on the number line.

  • @BlinkLed
    @BlinkLed 7 років тому

    At the beginning of the video that very wonderful proof not only shows that you can find any arbitrarily large gap in the primes, but also can be used as a formula to give the exact location of those gaps, if you were to work out the extremely large value of the factorials. I don't know much about the proof for the arbitrarily long arithmetic sequences of primes, but does that proof use a similar formula that can also pinpoint the exact location of that arbitrarily long sequence? In other words, could that proof be used to easily find extraordinarily large prime numbers?

  • @bestnocture
    @bestnocture 7 років тому +13

    Wait, wasn't this already a video?

    • @EGarrett01
      @EGarrett01 7 років тому +35

      Up next: Smallest acceptable gaps between prime number gap videos.

    • @c-m9077
      @c-m9077 7 років тому +1

      I thought they showed in that video that prime numbers are at most 600 numbers apart

  • @doublecircus
    @doublecircus 3 роки тому +1

    8:05 loggers logchamp

  • @fibbooo1123
    @fibbooo1123 7 років тому

    So is that statement at the end saying that the largest gap is less than that expression?