Sixty-five million sound like a big deal by any standard.
That is the size of the improvement that an online army of collaborating mathematicians has already made
To a groundbreaking proof involving pairs of prime numbers which was first announced Just a few weeks ago.
Though the improvement is big , mathematically speaking it amounts to a technicality. Still the achievement showcases a new way of doing mathematics online. Since
The proof appeared mathematicians from across the world have been locked in an addictive race to tighten it up.