Yes as the Nature article says, the commenter who gave Tao the initial idea is Uwe Stroinski, who received a PhD in mathematics from the University of Tübingen.

Yes as the Nature article says, the commenter who gave Tao the initial idea is Uwe Stroinski, who received a PhD in mathematics from the University of Tübingen. Just repeating his name here because i think his contribution should not be missed.