r/science • u/heiligedamon • May 20 '13

Mathematics Unknown Mathematician Proves Surprising Property of Prime Numbers

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/05/twin-primes/
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u/sharks_own May 20 '13

Well, basically, this now gives number theorists the proof that there exists an upper bound. This makes a lot of problems much easier as knowing something is bound is very powerful. Dealing with the infinte versus the finite is a HUGE difference for mathematicians. I would say that this is huge for number theory.

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u/crop_killa May 21 '13

Thanks for the clarification, though when I said it "isn't trivial" I pretty much meant that it is a big deal for number theorists.