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Mathematician Claims Proof of Riemann Hypothesis

Posted by timothy on from the peer-review-pending dept.

TheSync points to this press release about a Purdue University mathematician, Louis de Branges de Bourcia, who claims to have "proven the Riemann hypothesis, considered to be the greatest unsolved problem in mathematics. It states that all non-trivial zeros of the zeta function lie on the line 1/2 + it as t ranges over the real numbers. You can read his proof here. The Clay Mathematics Institute offers a $1 million prize to the first prover."

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  1. All that money and the guy still won't get pussy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Nerd!

  2. verification by kylemonger · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It is interesting that a mathematical proof such as this, which is an exercise in logic, can't yet be verified by typing it into a computer program to verify that all the steps make sense.

  3. Re:Hilbert Turns in his Grave? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Really, folks, this is a big deal if it's true

    You arrogant fuck you are just regurgitating TFA it's so GODDAMN OBVIOUS.

    Why don't you re-post something original, or some credentials, to give yourself a BIT OF FUCKING CREDIBILITY

    /. don't get your hopes up. What a loser.