Prime Obsession - Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
John Derbyshire
Plume (2004)
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Mathematics
Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, Mathematics / Geometry / Algebraic, Mathematics / Number Theory, Numbers, Prime, Series
Softcover 9780452285255
English
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 Obsessionis a fascinating and fluent account of an epic mathematical mystery that continues to challenge and excite the world.
Product Details
LoC Classification QA246 .D47 2003
LoC Control Number 2002156310
Dewey 512.73
Cover Price $21.00
No. of Pages 448
Height x Width 8.0 x 5.5  inch
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