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The Biggest Problem in Mathematics Is Finally a Step Closer to Being Solved
- tocs3 2y agoWhere do people look for non paywall links
- gballan 2y agoFWIW, it's not paywalled for me (even in incognito mode).
- tocs3 2y agoMaybe it is just Firefox (128.0.2 Windows 10). I tried it with Chrome and it worked fine.
- TacticalCoder 2y agoHere, but as the other person commented: TFA's link is not paywalled for me neither... https://archive.is/9AT4O https://archive.is/9AT4O
- jjtheblunt 2y agoI didn't know problems in mathematics were subject to some lattice giving a definition of "biggest". Hilbert posed several nifty problems over 100 years ago, including pithy cool ones not unlike Riemann's zeroes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s_problems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s_problems [ edited for my own typos ]
- math_dandy 2y agoIn my mind, the justification for referring to RH as the “biggest” open problem in mathematics is its importance in numerous fields of mathematics. It’s hard to take three steps in analytic number theory without running into Riemann. Zeta functions — and with them RH — have transcended number theory and are fundamental objects of study in other mathematical fields, most prominently representation theory and the Langlands Program.
- bawolff 2y agoOn the scale of clickbait headlines this is pretty minor. Riemann hypothesis is an important problem that has gathered a lot of attention over an extended period of time. Is it the biggest? Whose to say. It is at least up there in the list of major open problems. Its not like its an obscure problem by any means.
- qarl 2y agoYour complaint here is that vernacular English ("biggest") isn't as precise as mathematics?
- jjtheblunt 2y agoit was a joke. i get english just fine, am a native speaker, with a pure math degree.
- miguelbe 2y agoIf people are interested, this is probably the best explanation of the Riemann Hypothesis I’ve seen: https://youtu.be/zlm1aajH6gY?si=d3dbimf2Y7wTe8GP https://youtu.be/zlm1aajH6gY?si=d3dbimf2Y7wTe8GP
- dilyevsky 2y agoEduard Frenkel does a pretty good job at it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d6c6uIyieoo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d6c6uIyieoo
- bryan0 2y agoDiscussed last month: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40571995 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40571995
- __lbracket__ 2y agoThe exponent was reduced from 0.60 to 0.52. The bar for getting excited has dropped so much ...
- MattPalmer1086 2y agoFirst major improvement to the bound since 1940. Many other things can now be improved as a result, that depended on the earlier bound.
- Madmallard 2y agoIsn't P=NP more interesting?
- miika 2y agoWhat about this? Accurate and Infinite Prime Prediction from Novel Quasi-Prime Analytical Methodology https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.08570 https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.08570
- freilanzer 2y agoBased on the title I had hoped someone made progress in the Collatz conjecture.