The music of the primes : searching to solve the greatest mystery in mathematics

By: Du Sautoy, MarcusMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York Perennial 2004Description: 335 pISBN: 9780062064011Subject(s): Numbers, Prime | MathematicsLOC classification: QA246
Contents:
1.Who wants to be a millionaire?; 2.The atoms of arithmetic; 3.Riemann's imaginary mathematical looking-glass; 4.The Riemann Hypothesis: From random primes to orderly zeros; 5.The mathematical relay race: Realising Riemann's revolution; 6.Ramanujan, the mathematical mystic; 7.Mathematical exodus: From Göttingen to Princeton; 8.Machines of the mind; 9.The computer age: From the mind to the desktop; 10.Cracking numbers and codes; 11.From orderly zeros to quantum chaos; 12.The missing piece of the jigsaw
Summary: Examines German mathematician Bernhard Riemann's hypothesis on imaginary numbers, sine waves, and prime numbers and attempts to unravel the mystery surrounding it.
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1.Who wants to be a millionaire?;
2.The atoms of arithmetic;
3.Riemann's imaginary mathematical looking-glass;
4.The Riemann Hypothesis: From random primes to orderly zeros;
5.The mathematical relay race: Realising Riemann's revolution;
6.Ramanujan, the mathematical mystic;
7.Mathematical exodus: From Göttingen to Princeton;
8.Machines of the mind;
9.The computer age: From the mind to the desktop;
10.Cracking numbers and codes;
11.From orderly zeros to quantum chaos;
12.The missing piece of the jigsaw

Examines German mathematician Bernhard Riemann's hypothesis on imaginary numbers, sine waves, and prime numbers and attempts to unravel the mystery surrounding it.