There was more discussion on a previous HN submission regarding this discovery, as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10282230 https://news.ycombinator

There was more discussion on a previous HN submission regarding this discovery, as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10282230 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10282230 The original Nature article had some very good background, including a link to the blog comment that gave Tao the impetus to explore a connection that led to this discovery (and which Tao credited in the paper): http://www.nature.com/news/maths-whizz-solves-a-master-s-riddle-1.18441 http://www.nature.com/news/maths-whizz-solves-a-master-s-rid...