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The Riemann Hypothesis, Explained

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When you look at this, what do you see?

To me,  this is one of the most beautiful, fascinating

and frustrating things i've ever seen.

That's  because I'm a mathematician, and these hypnotizing curly cues have haunted people like me for 150  years.

What we're looking at is a glimpse of the Riemann hypothesis.

It's one of the most important  -- if not THE most important -- unsolved problems in all of mathematics.

You may have heard about  the Riemann hypothesis, because it's one of the millennium problems of the Clay Institute.

What  that means is that the person who solves it not only achieves immortality in mathematics,

but  also wins a 1 million prize.

But there are other reasons to care about the enigma that is the  Riemann hypothesis.

If the hypothesis is true, it would solve a mystery as old as math itself:

That is, the mystery of the prime numbers.

Countless theorems in fields as far apart as  cryptography and quantum physics assume that  

the Riemann hypothesis is true,

which means that  we have a lot riding on this single, unproven statement.

So, what is it? What is the Riemann  hypothesis?

Why has the search for a proof become something of a holy grail for mathematicians?

And what do these strange curly cues have to do with all of this?

My name is Alex Kontorovich, and  I'm a professor of mathematics.

I'll serve as your guide as we explore the Riemann hypothesis.

In order to build a somewhat sophisticated understanding of this hypothesis,


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