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

Abstract

In 1859, Bernhard Riemann, a little-known thirty-two year old mathematician, made a hypothesis while presenting a paper to the Berlin Academy titled “On the Number of Prime Numbers Less Than a Given Quantity.” Today, after 150 years of careful research and exhaustive study, the Riemann Hyphothesis remains unsolved, with a one-million-dollar prize earmarked for the first person to conquer it. Alternating passages of extraordinarily lucid mathematical exposition with chapters of elegantly composed biography and history, Prime Obsession is a fascinating and fluent account of an epic mathematical mystery that continues to challenge and excite the world. Tomado de: http://www.amazon.com/Prime-Obsession-Bernhard-Greatest-Mathematics/dp/0452285259 Fecha de reseña: 22/05/2016