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Prime obsession : Bernhard Riemann and the greatest unsolved problem in mathematics /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Derbyshire, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Joseph Henry Press, ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Part I. The prime number theorem. Card trick
  • The soil, the crop
  • The prime number theorem
  • On the shoulders of giants
  • Riemann's zeta function
  • The great fusion
  • The golden key, and an improved prime number theorem
  • Not altogether unworthy
  • Domain stretching
  • A proof and a turning point. Part II. The Riemann hypothesis. Nine Zulu queens ruled China
  • Hilbert's eighth problem
  • The argument ant and the value ant
  • In the grip of an obsession
  • Big oh and Mobius Mu
  • Climbing the critical line
  • A little algebra
  • Number theory meets quantum mechanics
  • Turning the golden key
  • The Riemann operator and other approaches
  • The error term
  • Either it's true, or else it isn't.