Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv by Yitang Zhang

Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by foobarian on Monday November 07, 2022 @06:13PM (#33513867)

Hardy may have a point, on average. And it’s probably because of the responsibilities factor, i.e. older people have kids, families, departments to run, etc that takes them out of the game. If I did math with this level of intensity I would not have time for both without a partner willing to make quite some sacrifices.

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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by astrange on Monday November 07, 2022 @06:16PM (#33513892)

I remember from articles about his earlier primes work that his wife lived in San Jose i.e. on the other side of the country from him. They didn't really go into it but neither of them seemed upset by this.

That house price appreciation must just be that good.

(Also, it was reported he "worked at a Subway" but IIRC he was actually the accountant for a friend's Subway franchise.)

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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by m_nyongesa on Monday November 07, 2022 @10:31PM (#33515604)

He did work behind the counter sometimes.

Source: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=88Q2v6FTSBI 49:03 - 49:56

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