Stalking the Riemann Hypothesis - The Quest To Find the Hidden Law Of Prime Numbers (Paperback)


For 150 years the Riemann hypothesis has been the holy grail of mathematics. Now, at a moment when mathematicians are finally moving in on a proof, Dartmouth professor Dan Rockmore tells the riveting history of the hunt for a solution.
In 1859 German professor Bernhard Riemann postulated a law capable of describing with an amazing degree of accuracy the occurrence of the prime numbers. Rockmore takes us all the way from Euclid to the mysteries of quantum chaos to show how the Riemann hypothesis lies at the very heart of some of the most cutting-edge research going on today in physics and mathematics.

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For 150 years the Riemann hypothesis has been the holy grail of mathematics. Now, at a moment when mathematicians are finally moving in on a proof, Dartmouth professor Dan Rockmore tells the riveting history of the hunt for a solution.
In 1859 German professor Bernhard Riemann postulated a law capable of describing with an amazing degree of accuracy the occurrence of the prime numbers. Rockmore takes us all the way from Euclid to the mysteries of quantum chaos to show how the Riemann hypothesis lies at the very heart of some of the most cutting-edge research going on today in physics and mathematics.

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Imprint

Vintage Books

Country of origin

United States

Release date

May 2006

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Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

June 2006

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Dimensions

202 x 135 x 15mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

292

ISBN-13

978-0-375-72772-6

Barcode

9780375727726

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LSN

0-375-72772-8



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