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Riemann Hypothesis

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What is the Riemann Hypothesis, and why does it matter?

Prof. Ken Ono (University of Virginia, USA) gave a talk on 21st April, 2021 on “What is the Riemann Hypothesis, and why does it matter?”. The full video of the talk is available in our YouTube channel as well as below. A list of all past and future webinars are

Ramanujan's Tau Function and Modular forms

Ramanujan's Tau Function and Modular forms

Prof. Sujatha Ramdorai gave a talk in the webinar series of Gonit Sora on 28th August 2020. She spoke about ‘Ramanujan’s Tau Function and Modular forms’. The slides of her talk can be downloaded here. The full video of the talk is available in our YouTube channel as well

Freeman Dyson: A Tribute

Freeman Dyson: A Tribute

To claim to write an obituary of Freeman Dyson would be laughable at best and foolish at worst because as the great Edward Witten, Dyson’s colleague at IAS, himself stated, “His contributions were so wide-ranging that it is virtually impossible for any one person to summarize them adequately!” Their

Marcus du Sautoy: Interview

elliptic curves

Marcus du Sautoy: Interview

Professor Marcus du Sautoy is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. Formerly a Fellow of All Souls College, and Wadham College, he is now a Fellow of New College. From 2012-13 he was President of the Mathematical

Prime Numbers: From Euclid to AKS

Prime Numbers: From Euclid to AKS

Mathematicians have tried in vain to this day to discover some order in the sequence of prime numbers, and we have reason to believe that it is a mystery into which the mind will never penetrate. – Leonhard Euler Prime Numbers Image by Shutterstock Prime numbers have taken the fancy and

Riemann’s Hypothesis

Bernhard Riemann

Riemann’s Hypothesis

[Editor: This is the second post in a series about the Millenium Problems. This post is about the Riemann Hypothesis, probably the single most fascinating unsolved problem in all of mathematics. This hypothesis was first proposed by the mathematician Bernhard Riemann. Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann (September 17, 1826 – July 20,