The Riemann hypothesis : the greatest unsolved problem in mathematics / Karl Sabbagh.

"In The Riemann Hypothesis, acclaimed author Karl Sabbagh interviews some of the world-class mathematicians who spend their lives working on the hypothesis - many paying particular attention to "Riemann's zeros," a series of points that are believed to lie in a straight line, though no one can prove...

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Uniform Title:Dr. Riemann's zeroes
Main Author: Sabbagh, Karl
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Riemann, Bernhard, > 1826-1866.
Number theory.
Numbers, Prime.
Mathematicians.
Mathematics > History.
Physical Description:viii, 340 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
Greatest unsolved problem in mathematics.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prime time
  • "Gorgeous stuff"
  • New numbers for old
  • Indian summer
  • "Very probably"
  • Proofs and refutations
  • The Bieberbach conjecture
  • In search of zeros
  • The Princeton Tea Party
  • A driven man
  • The physics of mathematics
  • A laudable aim
  • "No simple matter"
  • Taking a critical line
  • Abstract delights
  • Discovered or invented?
  • "What's it all about?"
  • Toolkits. Logarithms and exponents
  • Equations
  • Infinite series
  • The Euler identity
  • Graphs in math
  • Matrices and eigenvalues
  • Appendix: De Branges's proof.