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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In 1859 a German professor named Bernhard Riemann published a brief mathematical hypothesis; coming up with its proof has been the holy grail of mathematicians ever since. Riemann postulated a law capable of describing with an amazing degree of accuracy the baffling occurrence of prime numbers. In Stalking the Riemann Hypothesis, Dan Rockmore (a prominent mathematician in his own right) tells us the full story of the quest to prove or disprove this theory, relating it in a style that is accessible to the general reader yet subtle enough to engage experts in the field. Rockmore takes us from Euclid's pondering of the infinitude of the primes through modern efforts to prove the Riemann Hypothesis, efforts that astonishingly connect the primes to the statistics of solitaire, chaos theory, and even the mysteries of quantum mechanics. Along the way, Rockmore introduces us to the many brilliant and fascinating thinkers who have contributed to this work, from the most famous mathematician of all time, Carl Friedrich Gauss (Riemann's teacher), to modern intellectual giants David Hilbert and Freeman Dyson. Eminently readable, Stalking the Riemann Hypothesis is a fascinating story, expertly told. About the AuthorDan Rockmore is a professor of mathematics and computer science at Darmouth College. He lives in New Hampshire with his wife, son, and golden retriever. From the Trade Paperback edition. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Prologue—It All Begins with Zero 2 The God-Given Natural Numbers 3 The Shape of Primes 4 Primal Cartographers 5 Shoulders to Stand On 6 Riemann and His “Very Likely” Hypothesis 7 A Dutch Red Herring 8 A Prime Number Theorem, After All . . . and More 9 Good, but Not Good Enough 10 First Steps 11 A Chance Meeting of Two Minds 12 God Created Natural Numbers . . . but, in a Billiard Hall? 13 Making Order Out of (Quantum) Chaos 14 God May Not Play Dice, but What about Cards? 15 The Millennium Meeting Glossary Further Reading and Sources Index What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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