The High Schooler Who Solved a Prime Number Theorem

Quanta Magazine Season 2022 Episode 12

Overview:
In his senior year of high school, Daniel Larsen proved a key theorem about Carmichael numbers — strange entities that mimic the primes. “It would be a paper that any mathematician would be really proud to have written,” said one mathematician. Read more at Quanta Magazine: https://www.quantamagazine.org/teenager-solves-stubborn-riddle-about-prime-number-look-alikes-20221013

Genre : Documentary, Animation

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Release Date : 2022-10-13

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