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020 _a9780452285255 (pbk.)
082 _a512.72
_bDER/P
100 _aDerbyshire, John.
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245 _aPrime obsession :
_bBernhard Riemann and the greatest unsolved problem in mathematics /
_cJohn Derbyshire
260 _aWashington, DC :
_bJoseph Henry Press,
_c�2003.
300 _axv, 422 p. :
_billu. ;
_c23 cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 _aPart I. The prime number theorem. Card trick -- The soil, the crop -- The prime number theorem -- On the shoulders of giants -- Riemann's zeta function -- The great fusion -- The golden key, and an improved prime number theorem -- Not altogether unworthy -- Domain stretching -- A proof and a turning point. Part II. The Riemann hypothesis. Nine Zulu queens ruled China -- Hilbert's eighth problem -- The argument ant and the value ant -- In the grip of an obsession -- Big oh and Mobius Mu -- Climbing the critical line -- A little algebra -- Number theory meets quantum mechanics -- Turning the golden key -- The Riemann operator and other approaches -- The error term -- Either it's true, or else it isn't.
650 _2Numbers, Prime
650 _2Riemann, Bernhard, 1826-1866
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_cTRB
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