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Claimed proof of the Riemann Hypothesis released
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Wed Jun 9 17:04:59 2004
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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 16:56:03 -0400
news.com.com.com.com.com reports:
A mathematician at Purdue University claims to have come up with a
proof for the Riemann hypothesis, often called the greatest unsolved
math problem, although the work has yet to be peer-reviewed.
Louis de Branges de Bourcia, the Edward C. Elliott Distinguished
Professor of Mathematics at Purdue's School of Science, this week
posted a 23-page paper detailing his attempts at a proof.
http://news.com.com/Riemann+hypothesis+may+have+been+solved/2100-7348_3-5229702.html?tag=nefd.top
Link to the actual paper:
http://www.math.purdue.edu/~branges/
Actual practical impact on cryptography? Likely zero, even if it turns
out the proof is correct (which of course we don't know yet), but it
still is neat for math geeks.
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Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com
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