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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.
http://secamlocal.ex.ac.uk/people/staff/mrwatkin/zeta/RHproofs.htm
Part of the reason these problems are so tough because to solve them, you have to understand what the problem is first. I studied the Riemann hypothesis in college for a good week and I'm still not sure where you might begin solving it. Like the Navier-Stokes equations (another big problem with a big prize) solving it will probably require the invention of some new mathematics. Its not simply a matter of dividing by 3 and carrying the 2. I don't know about you but I haven't the slightest idea about how to go about inventing new math. That's the realm of Newton and Einstein, and few others.
New math is the only way to go about solving some of these problems.
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Section two of the wiki article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis) is the great importance here. If indeed there is a proof of Riemann's Hypothesis, then there is a similar proof of the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis, which is in turn a big step in finding the exact distribution of prime numbers.
Finding the distribution of prime numbers has epic consequences, like breaking most encryption, for starters.
That's true, but most of them are obvious drivel. I have looked through this one, and it is clearly a real attempt by a genuine mathematician who understands the relevant background. I'd still bet on it being wrong, but not stupidly wrong.
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