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Prominent Mathematicians Rebuke Recent Riemann Hypothesis Proof
Bryan writes "Xian-Jin Li's purported proof of the Riemann Hypothesis (reported on recently) has been rebuked by Fields Medalist Terence Tao. Fortunately, Dr. Li's proof fails alongside a respectable graveyard of previous attempts." Relatedly, jim.shilliday writes "The proof cites and appears to be based in part on the work of the leading French theorist Alain Connes. A few hours ago, Connes posted a comment on his blog stating that the purported proof is so badly flawed that he stopped reading it."
I have to ask, I know for mathematicians this is a big deal and all, but what are the piratical applications for this?
-Ours is the wisdom of Solomon, the magic of Merlyn, the fall of Icaris.
The "proof" is that of Theorem 7.3 page 29 in Li's paper, but I stopped reading it when I saw that he is extending the test function h from ideles to adeles by 0 outside ideles and then using Fourier transform (see page 31). This cannot work and ideles form a set of measure 0 inside adeles (unlike what happens when one only deals with finitely many places).
The proof, and the rebuke, only proved my theory that there is a distinct surge in advil usage when something like this is posted on /. or digged.
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Oh come on, you were almost there! How about:
"Renowned Researchers Rebuke Recent Riemann Reasoning"
Slashdot's "journalistic" process really suxors when it comes to this sort of stuff.
Wel of course it does. Slashdot is journalology, not journalonomy.
The only surefire protection against Microsoft infections is abstinence. - The Onion
Yeah, the AC is a member of a previously uncontacted Amazon tribe, you insensitive clod!
Warning: Apple/Nintendo fangirl. Likes her electronics cute & cuddly. May be rabid.
[Sir Bedivere] How do you know she is a girl? [/Sir Bedivere]
None of them can see the clouds; The polished wings don't care.
Geez, I fail to prove it at least 50-60 times EVERYDAY. Damn yunguns.
[..] lead to the undermining of current encryption methods, which depend on the difficulty of factoring large prime numbers.
That's a trivial problem.
All prime numbers have two factors: 1 and itself.
Goodbye encryption :-)
See if she weighs the same as a duck?
Li is a real mathematician, probably with poor social skills
What, is there any other kind?
(I'm a mathematician myself as well, so lighten up, mods, no flamebait intended. :))