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podcast Prime is the number that is only
indivisible by itself in
one they h have no other factors though
they may have their detractors they are
kind of they have no detractors everyone
loves a
prime cuz they like to come and pass
with the number in between just like
five skip seven 41 skip 43 the name of
our lecture is the twin Prime conjecture
primes will par into Infinity 11 skip 13
17 skip
19 EMP we know this pattern reappears
however High We
count will it keep on skipping just like
this or somewhere down the line will it
be r no we think it's going to go on
forever but no one knows you could first
repos this around 300 BC but no one's
ever proved it in all of
history well this year Daniel Goldston
from the you of San Jose says the
pattern will continue in this Skippy
kind of way his result certainly
suggested right Goldston didn't prove
the conjecture but it's a major Advance
a major Advance he did show that primes
appear close together kind of big skips
gaps gaps a big step in the right
direction they like to come and pass
with the number in between 11 skip 13
101 skip 103
the name of our lecture is the twin
Prime conjecture primes will bear
Infinity all right all
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