The music of the primes : searching to solve the greatest mystery in mathematics / Marcus du Sautoy.

Author/creator Du Sautoy, Marcus
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : HarperCollins, ©2003.
Description335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Who wants to be a millionaire? -- The atoms of arithmetic -- Riemann's imaginary mathematical looking-glass -- The Riemann Hypothesis: From random primes to orderly zeros -- The mathematical relay race: Realizing Riemann's revolution -- Ramanujan, the mathematical mystic -- Mathematical exodus: From Göttingen to Princeton -- Machines of the mind -- The computer age: From the mind to the desktop -- Cracking numbers and codes -- From orderly zeros to quantum chaos -- The missing piece of the jigsaw.
Local noteLittle-333589--305131042611R
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [317]-322) and index.
ISBN0066210704

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks QA246 .D8 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold