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The Riemann Hypothesis (Part 2)
- djmips 7y agoI love reading John Baez, he makes me feel like I can almost understand this stuff.
- aleh1981 7y agoSuper project
- mathgenius 7y agoYou can head over to cocalc.com, fire up a sage worksheet, and stick this in: for n in range(1, 13): field = GF(2^n) count = 0 for x in field: for y in field: if y^2+y == x^3+x: count += 1 print n, 2^n, count if you want to play around with some of these numbers.
- graedus 7y agoDiscussion of Part 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20912380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20912380
- mitchus 7y agoIf you're interested in a lengthier intro to the Riemann Hypothesis, I highly recommend the book "The Millenium Problems" by Keith Devlin.
- black6 7y agoPrime Obsession by John Derbyshire is another in-depth look. Part biography, part history, part math.
- mayankkaizen 7y agoThis is one of the best math books I've ever read. Author's writing style is very engaging and even funny. Highly recommended.
- SPBesui 7y agoExcellent read. I also liked his history of algebra: Unknown Quantity (https://www.amazon.com/Quantity-Real-Imaginary-History-Algebra/dp/0452288533 https://www.amazon.com/Quantity-Real-Imaginary-History-Algeb...).