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Famed Mathematician Claims Proof of 160-Year-Old Riemann Hypothesis (soylentnews.org)
Slashdot reader OneHundredAndTen writes: Sir Michael Atiyah claims to have proved the Riemann hypothesis. This is not some internet crank, but one the towering figures of mathematics in the second half of the 20th century. The thing is, he's almost 90 years old. According to New Scientist, Atiyah is set to present his "simple proof" of the Riemann hypothesis on Monday at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Germany. Atiyah has received two awards often referred to as the Nobel prizes of mathematics, the Fields medal and the Abel Prize; he also served as president of the London Mathematical Society, the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
"[T]he hypothesis is intimately connected to the distribution of prime numbers, those indivisible by any whole number other than themselves and one," reports New Scientist. "If the hypothesis is proven to be correct, mathematicians would be armed with a map to the location of all such prime numbers, a breakthrough with far-reaching repercussions in the field."
"[T]he hypothesis is intimately connected to the distribution of prime numbers, those indivisible by any whole number other than themselves and one," reports New Scientist. "If the hypothesis is proven to be correct, mathematicians would be armed with a map to the location of all such prime numbers, a breakthrough with far-reaching repercussions in the field."
Donald Trump apparently edits Slashdot.
Yes, like rain on a wedding day.
Still I'm sure he's forgotten more math than anyone here will ever know.
And I will respectfully get off his lawn in exchange for a single hard candy.
One sponsored by the paper industry, I'm sure.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
My favorite line from the proof is "a weakly analytic function of a weakly analytic function is weekly analytic". One wonders what it is on the other six days.
But at least you speak asshole like a native!
"This 160 year old hypothesis might finally be proven!!!" ... yeah but... Did anyone notice Elon Fucking Musk reads Slashdot?!?!?
I tend to rant.