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_a512.72 _bDER/P |
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_aDerbyshire, John. _9137 |
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_aPrime obsession : _bBernhard Riemann and the greatest unsolved problem in mathematics / _cJohn Derbyshire |
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_aWashington, DC : _bJoseph Henry Press, _c�2003. |
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_axv, 422 p. : _billu. ; _c23 cm. |
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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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