Prime obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the greatest unsolved problem in mathematics
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Main Author: Derbyshire, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC Joseph Henry Press ©2003
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Item Description:Includes index
Includes bibliographical references and index
Part I. 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. Part II. 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
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Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 422 pages)
ISBN:0309085497
9780309085496
0309512573
9780309512572