Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

green-tao theorem

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: green--tao the-o-rem
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A theorem stating that the sequence of prime numbers contains arbitrarily long arithmetic progressions.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Proved by Ben Green and Terence Tao in 2004.

Inflected Forms

the Green-Tao theorem (canonical)

Questions

What does green-tao theorem mean?: A theorem stating that the sequence of prime numbers contains arbitrarily long arithmetic progressions.
Where does green-tao theorem come from?: Proved by Ben Green and Terence Tao in 2004.

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