artfizz wrote:
Sounds like you need a larger cocktail napkin mate.
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sorry but a guy in russia,solved it,refused the money as well,lives in a flat with his mom and the worlds press outside on his doorstep,refused the maths version of the noble prize,funny they can exept he doesnt want the money gifts and prizes,but not that he wants his privacy,
mrtnwldrn wrote:
sorry but a guy in russia,solved it,refused the money as well,lives in a flat with his mom and the worlds press outside on his doorstep,refused the maths version of the noble prize,funny they can exept he doesnt want the money gifts and prizes,but not that he wants his privacy,
Funny that he doesn't realize if he just accepted the prizes he would be less of a spectacle and have more privacy. Seriously, how much of a celebrity is the Fields medal winner and how much of a celebrity is a crazy guy.
I'll send the OP a million dollars myself if he manages to find the Off-Topic forum*
* -- No I won't.
Sep 1, 2010
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mrtnwldrn wrote:
sorry but a guy in russia,solved it,refused the money as well,lives in a flat with his mom and the worlds press outside on his doorstep,refused the maths version of the noble prize,funny they can exept he doesnt want the money gifts and prizes,but not that he wants his privacy,
Wasn't that the poincaré conjecture?
There's plenty of other ways for a quick buck, by the way:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Prize_Problems
Just curious if anyone actually understands it enough to answer a simple question I have:
The Riemann Zeta Function Z(n) is the summation from k = 1 to infinity of k^-n.
To quote that "Riemann Hypothesis For Dummies" link,
"...the Riemann Zeta Function... basically has two types of zeros: the 'trivial' zeroes, that occur at all negative even integers, that is, -2, -4, -6, -8... and the 'nontrivial' zeroes, which are all the OTHER ones."
Z(-2) does not equal 0.
What am I missng.
tonydal wrote:
an "i"...? :)
???
To answer my own question, that form of the zeta function is only valid for n >=1 I think.
Oh, Right you are! You win i * 1,000,000 dollars!
Eberulf, that form of the Riemann Zeta function is only valid for n > 1 and n is an integer.
If you get bored with standard pizza try pizza 960. Its so much more challenging if you just throw random ingredients on.
translation: "Pizza 960"
me too
tonydal wrote:
Cystem_Phailure wrote:
Well, I could tell you how to solve it, but then I'd have to kill you.
lol...I'm getting a really weird idea for a movie out of all of this...
...hopefully one that is along the lines of Adaptation
Sep 7, 2010
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mrtnwldrn wrote:
sorry but a guy in russia,solved it,refused the money as well,lives in a flat with his mom and the worlds press outside on his doorstep,refused the maths version of the noble prize,funny they can exept he doesnt want the money gifts and prizes,but not that he wants his privacy,
Algerian DVD guy! Are you Shoes Guy's friend?
I've already derived the solution, but can't be bothered to submit it. Just the satisfaction of knowing the answer is enough for me.
Slightly OT (from waffles) ...
"There is a greater variety of pizzas than there are chess positions. (I have discovered a wonderful proof for this, but the margin is not big enough for me to write it.)"