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That statement may be nonsense to anyone but a mathematician but Derbyshire walks the reader through the decades of reasoning that led to the Riemann Hypothesis in a way that makes it perfectly clear. Riemann never proved the statement and it remains unsolved to this day.
Prime Obsession offers alternating chapters of step-by-step maths and a history of 19th-century European intellectual life, letting readers take a breather between chunks of well-written information. Derbyshire's style is accessible but not dumbed-down, thorough but not heavy-handed. This is among the best popular treatments of an obscure mathematical idea and allows readers to explore the theory without insisting on page after page of formulae.
In 2000, the Clay Mathematics Institute offered a one-million-dollar prize to anyone who could prove the Riemann Hypothesis, but luminaries like David Hilbert, GH Hardy, Alan Turing, André Weil and Freeman Dyson have all tried before. Will the Riemann Hypothesis ever be proved? "One day we shall know," writes Derbyshire and he makes the effort seem very worthwhile. --Therese Littleton, Amazon.com -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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John Derbyshire describes a story originating (like many others) with the Swiss mathematician Euler and since occupying the minds of some of the most famous mathematicians in the last 250 years. In the course of the book we get to meet fascinating personalities,learn some maths, and eventually understand why the Riemann Hypothesis is considered that important, and how the distribution of prime numbers became linked with analysis and other branches of maths and even physics.
A basic understanding of real calculus is required, although our knowledge gets refreshed and expanded along the way (acquaintance with complex numbers might help too). Like no one I have seen or heard before, John Derbyshire manages to explain a hideously advanced concept using almost only layman's terms and graphics.
I strongly recommend this reading to anyone with an interest in mathematics and its history - it's your chance to shine at the next mathematician's cocktail party!
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