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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts) Tue Nov 17, 2015, 11:16 AM Nov 2015

It pays to be good at maths! Nigerian professor solves 156-year-old Riemann problem to scoop $1 mill

One of the most important problems in mathematics - the Riemann Hypothesis - has finally been solved by a Nigerian professor.

Dr Opeyemi Enoch said he made a key breakthrough in 2010 which later enabled him to solve the puzzle, which is one of the seven Millennium Problems in Mathematics.

These seven puzzles were set by The Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000 and the organisation has now rewarded Dr Enoch with a $1 million (£658,000) prize for his discovery.

The Riemann Hypothesis was proposed by mathematician Bernard Riemann in 1859 and concerns the distribution of prime numbers.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3321924/It-pays-good-maths-Nigerian-professor-solves-156-year-old-Riemann-problem-scoop-1million-prize.html

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It pays to be good at maths! Nigerian professor solves 156-year-old Riemann problem to scoop $1 mill (Original Post) Jesus Malverde Nov 2015 OP

Please add a link. I would like to read more. n/t fasttense Nov 2015 #1

Thanks for that! Jesus Malverde Nov 2015 #3

link: DetlefK Nov 2015 #4

you know d_r Nov 2015 #2

!!! Way too easy, lol. nt ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2015 #5

I know d_r Nov 2015 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Nye Bevan Nov 2015 #6

Dammit. It was a hoax and this guy is a scammer. DetlefK Nov 2015 #7

He's probably not a prince, either. Orrex Nov 2015 #11

His boner pills work, though. Dr. Strange Nov 2015 #13

Whew! That was a close one. Orrex Nov 2015 #14

Should have known. nt eppur_se_muova Nov 2015 #12

Too good to be true. fasttense Nov 2015 #8

the clay institute, which offers the prize money, still says this problem is unsolved GummyBearz Nov 2015 #9

fasttense

(17,301 posts)

1. Please add a link. I would like to read more. n/t

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 11:29 AM

Nov 2015

Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)

3. Thanks for that!

Reply to fasttense (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 11:32 AM

Nov 2015

Its late here I'm off to bed.

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)

4. link:

Reply to fasttense (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 11:33 AM

Nov 2015

It seems to be this article.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3321924/It-pays-good-maths-Nigerian-professor-solves-156-year-old-Riemann-problem-scoop-1million-prize.html

d_r

(6,907 posts)

2. you know

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 11:31 AM

Nov 2015

I just got an e-mai from him asking me to hold his money in my bank account and he'll give me a percentage. I was just looking up the account numbers to send him.

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)

5. !!! Way too easy, lol. nt

Reply to d_r (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 11:35 AM

Nov 2015

d_r

(6,907 posts)

10. I know

Reply to ChisolmTrailDem (Reply #5)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 11:44 AM

Nov 2015

but I couldn't help it

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Nye Bevan This message was self-deleted by its author.

DetlefK

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7. Dammit. It was a hoax and this guy is a scammer.

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 11:40 AM

Nov 2015

http://aperiodical.com/2015/11/riemann-hypothesis-not-proved/

Unfortunately, it looks like in this case it’s not a real proof of the Riemann Hypothesis, and this post on a Nigerian discussion forum says emphatically he has not solved it. As mentioned in that post, there’s a paper on academia.edu under his name, which is actually a copy of a paper by someone called Werner Raab (retired). Raab’s website – http://www.raab-math.at/ is empty, and has a single broken link to “the truth of the Riemann hypothesis”. Some digging reveals that that URL has never worked. Confusingly, Enoch seems to be gathering papers about the Riemann Hypothesis on academia.edu under his own name.

The “proof” was presented at this legitimate academic conference (yes, the URL is “computer-conference-site.com”) which does appear to have taken place – although the photos don’t seem to show the kind of turnout you’d expect for presenting a result of this magnitude. Here’s the proceedings of the conference (Enoch’s presentation is “A matrix that generates the point spectral of the Riemann Zeta function”). It also looks like the local organiser of the conference is quite a character. (What’s the deal with fuzzy logic and definitely legitimate academic proceedings?)