Events Tagged: "primes"

Christian Goldbach proposes conjecture: every even integer >2 is sum of two primes

Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet develops analytic number theory using L-functions for prime distribution

AKS primality test proves PRIMES in P - first deterministic polynomial algorithm for primality

Yitang Zhang proves bounded gaps between primes - breakthrough on twin prime conjecture

Zhang's bounded gaps theorem - infinitely many prime pairs less than 70 million apart