Simple obsession. Bernhard Riman and the greatest unresolved problem in mathematics. 3rd edition. Derbishir J.

Before readers are the scientific bestseller of the American writer John Derbishira, awarded the Air Prize for the best popular presentation of a mathematical problem. The book is dedicated to the great guess of the German mathematician Bernhard Riman, nominated by him in the work "On the number of ordinary numbers that do not exceed this value." Is there a general law or a general formula that would save us from a direct recount of such numbers? So simple in appearance, the question leads to a very difficult formulation of this hypothesis in the strict language of mathematics: “All the non-trivial zeros of the zeta-functions have a material part equal to one second.”

more than 150 years of the Riman hypothesis remains one of the greatest and one still not solved mathematical tasks. She tenaciously holds the minds of the best mathematicians, bringing them to a state of obsession. The Hypothesis of Riemann was included in the list of “problems of millennia”, for the evidence or refutation of each of which the Clay mathematical institution announced a reward of one million dollars.

and although the formulation of Riman’s hypothesis looks mysterious for the uninitiated, the author of the book managed to brilliantly explain the book This hypothesis, attracting only elementary mathematics, and everything necessary is explained along the way. The book in a popular form tells about many attempts to prove or refute the hypothesis of Riman, about the fate of mathematicians obsessed with this task. Many interesting historical and biographical facts are given. The book reveals the enchanting and intriguing interconnection of different branches of mathematics and scientific search and conveys the delightful spirit of intellectual freedom.

The curious reader, without a doubt, will receive true pleasure from reading this book.