Prime obsession : Bernhard Riemann and the greatest unsolved problem in mathematics / John Derbyshire

By:

Derbyshire, John

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington, DC : Joseph Henry Press, �2003. Description: xv, 422 p. : illu. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780452285255 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

512.72 DER/P

Contents:

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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Includes 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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