Green-Tao theorem

Proved by Ben Green and Terence Tao in 2004.

the Green-Tao theorem

1. (number theory) A theorem stating that the sequence of prime numbers contains arbitrarily long arithmetic progressions.
   • 2015 July 24, Gareth Cook, “The Singular Mind of Terry Tao”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 March 2020:

     The Green-Tao theorem on primes was a similar collaboration. Green is a specialist in an area called number theory, and Tao originally trained in an area called harmonic analysis.