sforza: I HAVE A SCARY LINK FOR YOU.
sforza: it will destroy your life.
sforza: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis
arch_angel: FUCK YOU JAKE
arch_angel: *ignores link*
It hath destroyed the lives of many mathematicians that aspired for immortality, so says the NHK documentary we watched last week
sforza: it will destroy your life.
sforza: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis
arch_angel: FUCK YOU JAKE
arch_angel: *ignores link*
Quote:Without question, THE most important unsolved problem in all of mathematics. The hypothesis, put forth by Bernhard Riemann in 1859, states that ALL non-trivial zeros of the Zeta function have a real part of one-half. Another way to put this is that the distribution of numbers with an odd number of prime factors vs. those with and even number of prime factors is roughly 50/50. Anyone who can prove the Riemann Hypothesis without the aid of a computer will win a $1,000,000 prize. A great deal of mathematical theorems rest on the assumption that this hypothesis is true. If anyone can find a non-trivial zero of Zeta with a real part not equal to 1/2 will destroy a lot of mathematical work, and become very famous.
It hath destroyed the lives of many mathematicians that aspired for immortality, so says the NHK documentary we watched last week