The connection was first made (decades ago) in a chance interaction between Hugh Montgomery (who was working on the Riemann Hypothesis) and Freeman Dyson. For

The connection was first made (decades ago) in a chance interaction between Hugh Montgomery (who was working on the Riemann Hypothesis) and Freeman Dyson. For a description of how serendipity struck, and an nice explanation of how scientists are trying to understand and work the analogy, see here -- http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/id.3349,y.0,no.,content.true,page.2,css.print/issue.aspx http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/id.3349,y.0,no.,cont...