Seven Prime Questions
- By Lexi Krock
- Posted 01.01.06
- NOVA scienceNOW
In this audio interactive, five of the mathematicians who meet each week for the New York Number Theory Seminar answer (a prime number) of prime number questions, including: Why are prime numbers fascinating? and When will there be a final solution to the twin prime conjecture?
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In this audio interactive, five mathematicians explain what primes are, what the twin prime conjecture is, and more.
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