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Has the Riemann hypothesis been proven?

Most mathematicians believe that the Riemann hypothesis is indeed true. Calculations so far have not yielded any misbehaving zeros that do not lie in the critical line. However, there are infinitely many of these zeros to check, and so a computer calculation will not verify all that much.

Is Riemann hypothesis solved or not?

The Riemann hypothesis, a formula related to the distribution of prime numbers, has remained unsolved for more than a century. A famous mathematician today claimed he has solved the Riemann hypothesis, a problem relating to the distribution of prime numbers that has stood unsolved for nearly 160 years.

Who Solved the Riemann?

Sir Michael Atiyah
The Riemann hypothesis is one of seven math problems that can win you $1 million from the Clay Mathematics Institute if you can solve it. British mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah claimed on Monday that he solved the 160-year-old problem. Atiyah has already won the the Fields Medal and the Abel Prize in his career.

Did Sir Michael Atiyah just prove the Riemann hypothesis?

At the 2018 Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF), Sir Michael Atiyah gave a lecture in which he claimed to have found a proof for the Riemann hypothesis. If Atiyah’s proof holds up, then the nearly 160 year problem concerning the distribution of primes will finally have a solution.

Is the Riemann hypothesis solved?

Riemann has been back in the news lately, thanks to an announcement that his nearly 160 year old hypothesis might be solved. Public domain image courtesy of Wikimedia CC. At the 2018 Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF), Sir Michael Atiyah gave a lecture in which he claimed to have found a proof for the Riemann hypothesis.

What do you think about Atiyah’s proof?

Atiyah’s proof is a very good example of what a proof isn’t: it doesn’t contain enough detail to convince someone of the truth of his argument, or even enough detail for someone to point to as wrong. There simply wasn’t much to it, and the real glory of maths is in the gritty technical details,…

Will Atiyah’s proof finally solve the distribution of primes?

If Atiyah’s proof holds up, then the nearly 160 year problem concerning the distribution of primes will finally have a solution. It’s on the Clay Mathematics Institute’s list of seven Millennium Prize Problems and just one of those — the Poincaré Conjecture — is listed as solved on the institute’s website.