Solved a 2000 Year old Problem with Raw Intelligence

Meet the Youngest Ever Winner of Gödel Prize, The Nobel of Theoretical Computer Science. For centuries, the greatest minds in history, from the ancient Greeks to Gauss, hunted for a fast, perfect way to determine if a number is prime. In the summer of 2002, three researchers at IIT Kanpur did what the world thought was impossible. We dive into the life and work of Nitin Saxena, a quiet student from Prayagraj who preferred symbols over words. You'll see how a simple idea involving polynomials led to the AKS algorithm, the first to be general, deterministic, and polynomial-time. Beyond the discovery, we follow Nitin’s journey through Computational Complexity, winning Gödel Prize, called the Nobel of Computer Science, and his current mission leading the Wadhwani School of AI. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - The 2,000-Year-Old Prime Number Riddle 04:45 - The "Impossible" Problem: Primality Testing Explained 10:15 - The Breakthrough: How the AKS Algorithm Works 13:40 - August 2002: The Math World in Shock 16:10 - Beyond Primes: Algebraic Complexity & P vs NP 19:25 - Building the Future: The Wadhwani School of AI #sciencedocumentary #inspiringscience #indiangenius #sciencestories Listen to 100s of Science Documentaries on Turing for Free. Checkout the App at iOS: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/the-tur... Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... or listen at https://theturingapp.com