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Prime Obsession

Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics

By John Derbyshire

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| Paperback | 0452285259 | Details

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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 HyphothesisContinue

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.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 448 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0452285259
  • ISBN-13: 9780452285255
  • Publisher: Plume
  • Pub date: May 25, 2004
  • Dimensions: 21 cm x 14 cm x 2 cm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover
  • In other languages: other languages Libri Italiani
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