The Rieman Hypothesis

[hazelm]

Here is one for math lovers.  I have played with the bit about the prime numbers but didn't know it was more than just a game.  The "fun" was in seeing how the distances increased and if there was a pattern.  I am sure there is much more to it than that.  But math is not my strong point.  At any rate, two mathematicians who graduated from Emory University have brought back one element of the Rieman Hypothesis for another look.  They think we should not have abandoned it.

 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190521162441.htm

[rhertz]

Here is one for math lovers.  I have played with the bit about the prime numbers but didn't know it was more than just a game.  The "fun" was in seeing how the distances increased and if there was a pattern.  I am sure there is much more to it than that.  But math is not my strong point.  At any rate, two mathematicians who graduated from Emory University have brought back one element of the Rieman Hypothesis for another look.  They think we should not have abandoned it.

 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190521162441.htm

 

I read the article at the link you posted and did some googling.

 

Among other things, I found an interesting posting about the monetary value of proving Riemann's Hypothesis false or wrong, instead of true.

 

I couldn't avoid to smile at the irony.

 

I'd like that anyone with the proper knowledge could tell me about the real value of such formidable task, similar to the one to prove Poincarè's conjecture, back in the '90s. Almost 8 years of the life of a russian genius wasted (he rejected the $1mn award even when he and his mother were starving) and finished looney tunes.

 

What value have this particular activity at mathematics, which is (for me) similar to generate the Pi number with 10²⁰ decimal places.

 

Maybe it's due to my general ignorance but, really, I don't see the value for the present or future society. After all, 160 years have passed and here we are.

[hazelm]

I read the article at the link you posted and did some googling.

 

Among other things, I found an interesting posting about the monetary value of proving Riemann's Hypothesis false or wrong, instead of true.

 

I couldn't avoid to smile at the irony.

 

I'd like that anyone with the proper knowledge could tell me about the real value of such formidable task, similar to the one to prove Poincarè's conjecture, back in the '90s. Almost 8 years of the life of a russian genius wasted (he rejected the $1mn award even when he and his mother were starving) and finished looney tunes.

 

What value have this particular activity at mathematics, which is (for me) similar to generate the Pi number with 10²⁰ decimal places.

 

Maybe it's due to my general ignorance but, really, I don't see the value for the present or future society. After all, 160 years have passed and here we are.

A goodly lot of experiments and tests that cost millions are worth about five cents.  I refer to the ones that do no more than prove that "mother was right all along".  Then there are those that cause us to say "we already knew that chicken soup was good for the common cold."

[Dubbelosix]

The Riemann hypothesis is such a deep question, only pure mathematicians can properly respect.