Re: Reading book about Riemann Hypothesis

In article <4352258e.7249515@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ulysse Keller
<DwarfPPE2004@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:23:47 EDT, Narcoleptic Insomniac
> <i_have_narcoleptic_insomnia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >On Oct 10, 2005 2:57 PM CT, jonathan.beckett@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >(...) I also read another
> >coffee shop book on the subject called "The Music of the
> >Primes" or something like that (I forget whom the author
> >was).
> >
> I have this book - but did not yet read it (only "diagonally": when
> I bought it, I was just attracted by the title, but did not know then
> that it is about the Riemann H. or even about "real" math. !) - in
> the German translation. The above title is exact, the author is
> Marcus du Sautoy and its English original was published at
> Fourth Estate Ltd., London
>
> For whom is interested ...
I recommend _Prime_ _Obsession_, by John Derbyshire, as the best of the
recent popular books about the Riemann Hypothesis. He actually
accepts the challenge of explaining the RH, without assuming a
university-level background in mathematics. He actually begins by
calming down any possible misgivings about so-called "imaginary
numbers".

>From there to an understanding of what the "zeta function" is, and how
it is connected to the distribution of prime numbers, is an arduous but
feasible journey. I think that is far better than being told that it's
all perfctly marvelous but we can't explain it to you because that
would be too difficult.

--
Chris Henrich
http://www.mathinteract.com
Q: Who lives at 668?
A: The next-door neighbor of the Beast.
-- (?)Joshua Burton
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Reading book about Riemann Hypothesis
    ... >coffee shop book on the subject called "The Music of the ... >Primes" or something like that (I forget whom the author ... Fourth Estate Ltd., London ... Prev by Date: ...
    (sci.math)
  • As Stakes Increase, Prime-Number Theory Moves Closer to Proof
    ... The English mathematician G.H. Hardy was an avowed atheist, ... the early 20th century the Riemann hypothesis had become a Holy Grail ... This last string is curious because the primes in it all are separated ... two mathematicians proved that there exist strings ...
    (sci.math)
  • Re: Riemann Hypothesis and P vs NP
    ... > discover the primes used to build the RSA codes on which the security ... We have had, for some time, fast ways to discover the primes used to ... fast randomized primality testing algorithms ... Extended Riemann hypothesis is true, ...
    (comp.theory)
  • Re: Cant wait to tackle the Riemann Hypothesis
    ... > There are oodles of theorems that go, "If the Riemann Hypothesis is ... > true then so is such and such an allegation about the primes," ... "The Millennium Problems: ...
    (sci.math)
  • Re: books on RH
    ... >following books: ... The Music of the Primes, ... >Unsolved Problem in Mathematics ...
    (sci.math)