Riemann hypothesis!
Call to power
24-09-2007, 15:12
about 10 minuets ago I connected the letters R and H to see if I was suitable for changing my name in the event of a marriage and came across this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis
now little old me being a challenge whore has decided to solve this is an hour before I really should start doing some sort of work, so I ask NSG can you solve the Riemann hypothesis?!
of course with all these other problems maybe math is obsolete? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsolved_problems_in_mathematics)
Risottia
24-09-2007, 15:32
Meh.
I hate prime numbers, the zeta function and such things.
Infinite Revolution
24-09-2007, 15:33
i just hate numbers.
The_pantless_hero
24-09-2007, 16:25
I hope Riemann and all the other mathematicians are burning in hell.
Kryozerkia
24-09-2007, 16:29
I tried reading the article but my brain broke down sobbing and is cowering in a corner. I must track it down. I do hope you're happy! Silly people and their obsession with numbers.
Dryks Legacy
24-09-2007, 16:35
A million dollars is tempting, but I have better things to do than try and succeed where countless far smarter people have failed.
Dinaverg
24-09-2007, 16:37
Hee. *brain watches the article wreak havoc*
What ever happened to simple addition and subtraction. That was fun, right?
:eek: You liar, I solved it! But I seem to have misplaced it....
I may have eaten your proof too. I've gotten quite a taste for the solutions to unsolvable maths problems.
Dryks Legacy
24-09-2007, 16:47
What ever happened to simple addition and subtraction. That was fun, right?
Nah, addition and subtraction is boring. Differentiation is a good bit of mindless fun though.
Oh, that? I solved that when I was drunk once.
Unfortunately I then proceeded to eat the proof, after it had been soaked in curry.
Oh, that? I solved that when I was drunk once.
Unfortunately I then proceeded to eat the proof, after it had been soaked in curry.
:eek: You liar, I solved it! But I seem to have misplaced it....
The Infinite Dunes
24-09-2007, 16:51
Pfft, those mathematicians still haven't figured out the solutions to those problems? I managed to figure out the solution to the RH just over a year ago.
I would have claimed the prize money, but being able to tease an entire discipline that you're clever than them in their own field is worth much more than $1,000,000.
Infinite Revolution
24-09-2007, 16:53
what practical application does this Riemann hypothesis have then?
The Infinite Dunes
24-09-2007, 16:55
what practical application does this Riemann hypothesis have then?It provides the basis of the formula for calculating how to perform the perfect wedgie on any individual.
what practical application does this Riemann hypothesis have then?
Aside from making $1000000 by solving it, none that I know of.
Infinite Revolution
24-09-2007, 16:57
Are you asking me that?
i'm asking anyone. i just wonder what the point of it is.
what practical application does this Riemann hypothesis have then?
Are you asking me that?
Sadly, China blocks Wikipedia...but the real point of Riemann's hypothesis is that it's fun! I started jotting the solution in the margin of my math book when I figured it out, but I ran out of room...
i'm asking anyone. i just wonder what the point of it is.
Like most modern mathematics there really isn't one.
Lord Raug
24-09-2007, 17:14
what practical application does this Riemann hypothesis have then?
It provides the solution to World Peace and also one to end World Hunger. When solved it will provide the solution for how to produce food in quantities vast enough to feed the world. And if no one is hungry then there will be nothing to fight over so you have world peace.
[NS]Trilby63
24-09-2007, 17:17
Sadly, China blocks Wikipedia...but the real point of Riemann's hypothesis is that it's fun! I started jotting the solution in the margin of my math book when I figured it out, but I ran out of room...
But China doesn't block NSG?
Infinite Revolution
24-09-2007, 17:22
Like most modern mathematics there really isn't one.
why hasn't anyone killed it yet then?
why hasn't anyone killed it yet then?
What would be the point? Then we would have nothing to take up our time...
RLI Rides Again
24-09-2007, 17:44
why hasn't anyone killed it yet then?
Because it might well be useful in the future. Sixty years ago Number Theory was considered to be useless but now it's the basis of modern cryptography (imagine how different the world would be if nobody could send or receive private information via the internet). Maxwell's work was driven by his own curiosity rather than for any particular purpose, but we wouldn't be able to build televisions or radios without it.
The_pantless_hero
24-09-2007, 18:10
what practical application does this Riemann hypothesis have then?
Same as any other - none.
what practical application does this Riemann hypothesis have then?
It has correlations in quantum theory and would be very useful for developing secure encryption, if I recall correctly. Also, it's simply a piece of pure theoretical knowledge that will open up even more fields to explore in advanced mathematics. And, as computers get more powerful, the number of potential applications these fields will have become greater and greater. Just look at number theory.