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Claimed Proof of Riemann Hypothesis
An anonymous reader writes "Xian-Jin Li claims to have proven the Riemann hypothesis in this preprint on the arXiv." We've mentioned recent advances in the search for a proof but if true, I'm told this is important stuff. Me, I use math to write dirty words on my calculator.
Me, I use math to write dirty words on my calculator.
Such as 80085?
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By using Fourier analysis on number fields, we prove in this paper E. Bombieri's refinement of A. Weil's positivity condition, which implies the Riemann hypothesis for the Riemann zeta function in the spirit of A. Connes' approach to the Riemann hypothesis. Weather permitting of course. (Just looking on the positivity side)
Man, where's Charles Eppes when you need something explained to you in layman's terms?
Do daemons dream of electric sleep()?
but it was 222 small. So she took 51 pills, 8 times a day, and ended up...
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
Reimann? Like the Noodles right?
Sounds about par for the course for academic hiring, and it sounds like he's still pretty traumatized from it. I hope this works out for him and he can go around flipping off all the hiring committees who turned him down.
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
According to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis wikipedia article, this means $1,000,000 if the proof turns out to be valid. Unfortunately, I didn't understand anything else in that article.
http://xkcd.com/113/
Yeah. arXiv once published my paper that shows cases where P = NP; I proved it conclusively for the cases where P = 0 and/or N = 1, but so far I haven't gotten my $1,000,000.00 check from the Clay Math Institute.
Solving the energy crisis is easy.
Use less energy.
Kthxbye.
Charles Eppes: Imagine you have an infinite number of plot holes, and you want to test how they compare to imaginary numbers. The Riemann Hypothesis states that I can use the zeros in this formula to predict how bullets will bounce off of concrete to a degree of statistical accuracy that it will actually give me the social security number of the guilty shooter.
your mother?
If you're carrying numbers when dividing, I guess you are inventing new math :-)
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I looked at the proof and have absolutely no idea what it said. But in the finest slashdot tradition, I WILL have opinions here shortly. Abrasive, loud, and irrefutable ones
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
They sent you your checks for cases where you are equal to 0.
Someone beat you to the "1" part.
If you can read this, I forgot to post anonymously.
And I would have succeeded if it weren't for these meddling kids! What do you mean you can't see them?!
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself no matter what they say
I can't believe they are brazenly going forward with research into this subject without knowing if it could possibly lead to the creation of a black hole that will swallow the earth.
Tired?
Do you even know, what a number field is
It's where they grow new numbers, right?
PS: Do you, even, know: how to use correct punctuation?1!?!?!?
which is totally what she said
Step 1: Find 5-month old baby.
Step 2: Interrogate baby from step 1, asking questions relevant to the Riemann Hypothesis.
Step 3: Profit!
Progress so far:
Step 1: Complete.
Step 2: Complete. Reply to question consisted of: "Blah gurgle <splursh> gah hwooo naaae".
Step 3: Incomplete, but I have reduced the problem from one of Mathematics to one of Linguistics. I expect results soon.
"hellhole - nice."
No, it's elohlleh, pronounced "elO'-heh-luh", which in the Primitive Quendian proto-language used by the early Elves after their awakening by Eru Ilúvatar, roughly translates to "a dreary, oppressive, or unpleasant place".
Totally different.
It's easier to have just one heavy maths function and one trivial maths function than two heavy maths functions, so division is easiest implemented as multiplication with the inverse of one of the two numbers, inverses being relatively trivial in exponential notation. As only computers operate this way, the grandparent poster is obviously an artificial intelligence.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
The Riemann zeta function is \zeta(s) = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{n^{s}} [written for LaTeX], or "the sum of 1/(n^s) as n goes from 0 to infinity (increasing by 1 repeatedly)" [in more human-readable form].
You have a slight typo. Should be: "... as n goes from 1 to infinity ..."
You have a slight typo. It should be: "You have a slight typo. It should be: ..."
I have no problem with your religion until you decide it's reason to deprive others of the truth.
Dude, you owe me a monitor.
Note to self: Do not drink coke while reading /.
Do daemons dream of electric sleep()?
there are "proofs" of the Riemann hypothesis on the arXiv every few weeks. Don't believe it 'til it's vetted.
Who needs proof!
Do like Al Gore and declare,
"The debate on the Riemann Hypothesis is OVER!"
I carry something else to avoid reproducing.
I carry something else to avoid reproducing.
A clipboard?
--- Hot Shot City is particularly good.
Or a 'variable' as it is also known.