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Green-Tao theorem en · PROPN

Etymology

Proved by Ben Green and Terence Tao in 2004.

Meanings

1. A theorem stating that the sequence of prime numbers contains arbitrarily long arithmetic progressions.
   • The Green-Tao theorem on primes was a similar collaboration. Green is a specialist in an area called number theory, and Tao originally trained in an area called harmonic analysis. 2015 July 24, Gareth Cook, “The Singular Mind of Terry Tao”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2020:

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