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The path to recent progress on small gaps between primes

@article{Goldston2007ThePT,
title={The path to recent progress on small gaps between primes},
author={D. A. Goldston and Janos Pintz and C. Y. Yildirim},
journal={arXiv: Number Theory},
year={2007}
}
• Published 19 December 2005
• Economics
• arXiv: Number Theory
We present the development of ideas which led to our recent find- ings about the existence of small gaps between primes.
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