Prime Obsession Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics

Name: Prime Obsession Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
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ISBN: 9780309085496

ISBN-10: 0309085497

ISBN-13: 9780309085496

Edition: 2003

Authors: John Derbyshire

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This is the story of a riddle posed in 1859 and the man behind it. The Riemann hypothesis - that there must be a general rule for calculating how many prime numbers there are up to a given point - continues to elude the finest mathematical minds and produce creative and bold mathematics.

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: National Academies Press
Publication date: 4/16/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



Prologue



The Prime Number Theorem



Card Trick



The Soil, the Crop



The Prime Number Theorem



On the Shoulders of Giants



Riemann's Zeta Function



The Great Fusion



The Golden Key, and an Improved Prime Number Theorem



Not Altogether Unworthy



Domain Stretching



A Proof and a Turning Point



The Riemann Hypothesis



Nine Zulu Queens Ruled China



Hilbert's Eighth Problem



The Argument Ant and the Value Ant



In the Grip of an Obsession



Big Oh and Mobius Mu



Climbing the Critical Line



A Little Algebra



Number Theory Meets Quantum Mechanics



Turning the Golden Key



The Riemann Operator and Other Approaches



The Error Term



Either It's True, or Else It Isn't


Epilogue


Notes



The Riemann Hypothesis in Song


Picture Credits


Index