https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho...57656.html
One of the world's most renowned mathematicians showed how he solved the 160-year-old Riemann hypothesis at a lecture earlier this week — and he will be awarded $1m (£760,000) if his solution is confirmed.
Sir Michael Atiyah, who has already won the two biggest prizes in mathematics - the Fields Medal and Abel Prize - took the stage at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Germany to present his work.
To solve the hypothesis you need to find a way to predict the occurrence of every prime number, even though primes have historically been regarded as randomly distributed.
Sir Aityah's solution will need to be checked by other mathematicians and then published before it is fully accepted.
Only then, will he be able to claim the prize from the Clay Mathematics Institute of Cambridge (CMI).
Well, I should note that a lot of mathematical experts are heavily skeptical of this guy. After all, the Riemann Hypothesis has defeated the world's best mathematicians for almost 160 years now!
However, if he has indeed solved it, then he'll win $1 million - and, perhaps more importantly, mathematical immortality. So, I guess we should hear him out .
One of the world's most renowned mathematicians showed how he solved the 160-year-old Riemann hypothesis at a lecture earlier this week — and he will be awarded $1m (£760,000) if his solution is confirmed.
Sir Michael Atiyah, who has already won the two biggest prizes in mathematics - the Fields Medal and Abel Prize - took the stage at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Germany to present his work.
To solve the hypothesis you need to find a way to predict the occurrence of every prime number, even though primes have historically been regarded as randomly distributed.
Sir Aityah's solution will need to be checked by other mathematicians and then published before it is fully accepted.
Only then, will he be able to claim the prize from the Clay Mathematics Institute of Cambridge (CMI).
Well, I should note that a lot of mathematical experts are heavily skeptical of this guy. After all, the Riemann Hypothesis has defeated the world's best mathematicians for almost 160 years now!
However, if he has indeed solved it, then he'll win $1 million - and, perhaps more importantly, mathematical immortality. So, I guess we should hear him out .
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