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SUMMARY:The story of a theorem - Dr Christopher Hughes (University of York
 )
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CONTACT:Valentin Hübner
DESCRIPTION:Just how do mathematicians create new mathematics? In this tal
 k I will discuss the work of my recent MSc student\, Chris Smith\, and tel
 l the story of how he proved his result\, as well as show the result itsel
 f (which yields a new world record in the bound on the point where pi(x)\,
  the number of primes less than x\, first exceeds li(x)\, the logarithmic 
 integral). For undergraduates it can sometimes be hard to know about all t
 he false starts\, the serendipitous accidents\, and the shear hard slog th
 at goes into finding and publishing a new theorem\, as in a lecture the re
 sult is often presented fait accompli. But in this talk we'll spend time l
 ooking at the events that led to the result\, from inception to completion
 .
LOCATION:MR2\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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