Gergely Harcos (Rényi Institute): Primes, Polignac, Polymath

In 2013 Yitang Zhang proved the sensational result that the difference 

between neighboring primes does not tend to infinity. In fact he proved 

that the difference is at most 70 million infinitely often. Currently we 

know the same result with 246 instead of 70 million, thanks to the efforts 

of James Maynard, János Pintz, Terence Tao, and other members of the 

Polymath8 research group. The lecture will show some highlights of this 

fascinating story, without assuming any preliminary knowledge in the 

subject.

Northeastern-BSM Colloquium