[math-fun] Another Breakthrough in Prime Number Theory

From http://aimath.org/ Dan Goldston and his Turkish colleague Yalcin Cem Yildirim have smashed all previous records on the size of small gaps between prime numbers. This work is a major step toward the centuries-old problem of showing that there are infinitely many 'twin primes': prime numbers which differ by 2 http://science.slashdot.org/science/03/03/30/1714253.shtml?tid=134 --- ray tayek http://tayek.com/ actively seeking mentoring or telecommuting work vice chair orange county java users group http://www.ocjug.org/ hate spam? http://samspade.org/ssw/