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Anna Kramer

Anna Kramer

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A complex machine produces prime numbers onto a conveyor belt that winds backwards into infinity.
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Why Mathematicians Re-Prove What They Already Know

By Anna Kramer
April 26, 2023
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It’s been known for thousands of years that the primes go on forever, but new proofs give fresh insights into how theorems depend on one another.

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Anna Kramer is a freelance science and tech journalist and a former features reporter at Protocol. She’s a graduate of Brown University and lives in Washington, D.C., where she cooks quite a lot and writes about food in a weekly-ish newsletter.
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