searching to solve the greatest mystery in mathematics /
First Statement of Responsibility
Marcus du Sautoy.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st Perennial ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Perennial,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
335 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
21 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-322) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Who wants to be a millionaire? -- The atoms of arithmetic -- Riemann's imaginary mathematical looking-glass -- The Riemann Hypothesis: From random primes to orderly zeros -- The mathematical relay race: Realising Riemann's revolution -- Ramanujan, the mathematical mystic -- Mathematical exodus: From Göttingen to Princeton -- Machines of the mind -- The computer age: From the mind to the desktop -- Cracking numbers and codes -- From orderly zeros to quantum chaos -- The missing piece of the jigsaw.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Examines German mathematician Bernhard Riemann's hypothesis on imaginary numbers, sine waves, and prime numbers and attempts to unravel the mystery surrounding it.