Prime Obsession by John Derbyshire
Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
An engaging tour of the Riemann Hypothesis, blending mathematical exposition with history and biography to illuminate the quest to understand the distribution of prime numbers via the zeta function. Using a dual-track approach for lay readers and the mathematically inclined, it traces the problem's development and cultural impact, explaining why this still-unproved conjecture matters and how it has shaped modern number theory.
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- Published
- 2003
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 400-450
- Original Language
- English
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