Timothy Gowers: The Importance of Mathematics (Part 4)

[thieflar]

@hwnzero Juskevicius1985 was remarking upon the lower line being divisible by 3 "seem[ing] strange" because in the video, Gower claims that "all these numbers in black here have in common that they are all prime numbers" (at about 4:44).... the bottom line is indeed written in black, but as it is divisible by 3, none of the numbers therein are prime. One more flaw I noticed in the video (unless I'm missing something) is the set of A+A containing the number 58. No two integers from A add to 58...

[Juskevicius1985]

4.39, the lower line is divisible by 3, which seems strange :D

[furby100]

Since this lecture was given in 2000, the second question about arithmetic progressions of prime numbers was settled (with a yes answer) in 2004 by Ben Green and Terence Tao.

[natereff]

I think i saw Tao in the audience earlier, ha!

[00oOoOoOo00]

Was he sleeping there?

:)))

[n080di]

Yes, its Gromov and Tao.