Therefore, Jiang Cheng's final choice is clear at a glance, which is to solve and prove the Riemann hypothesis.
The Riemann hypothesis is a hypothesis proposed by the mathematician Riemann in 1859. It is a hypothesis about prime numbers.
There are some special numbers among the natural numbers that cannot be expressed as the product of two smaller numbers.
That is to say, this number cannot be obtained by multiplying two numbers. This number is called a prime number.
For example, 3 is a typical prime number. Any two natural numbers less than 3 cannot be multiplied to get 3, and 4 is not a prime number because 2 times 2 equals 4.
Prime numbers are quite common among natural numbers. The equivalent words of 2, 5, 19, and 137 are all prime numbers. The Riemann Hypothesis is a hypothesis about this kind of prime numbers.
The distribution of prime numbers among natural numbers looks very chaotic. At first glance, there is no distribution pattern for prime numbers at all.
But Riemann, the great mathematician, proposed a complex function, which is called the Riemann Zeta function.
Riemann believed that the Zeta function he discovered was related to all prime numbers.
That is to say, all prime numbers can be expressed as this function. Prime numbers are not randomly distributed but follow rules.
The Zeta function is the law of prime number distribution. This function can help people find all prime numbers.
This hypothesis proposed by Riemann attracted the attention of all mathematicians as soon as it appeared, because prime numbers are very important to mathematics, and they are the most basic component of mathematics.
If this Riemann hypothesis is correct, it can greatly improve the development of mathematics.
However, the hypothesis proposed by Riemann is just a hypothesis, not a proven axiom, so it cannot be applied to mathematical research.
So many mathematicians began to study this hypothesis, hoping to prove the correctness of the Riemann hypothesis.
It is a pity that the research of these mathematicians has not yielded any results. The Riemann hypothesis is still just a hypothesis and has not been proven by anyone.
Even Riemann, the proposer of the hypothesis, could not prove that this hypothesis was correct.
More than 150 years have passed in this way. During this long time, countless talented mathematicians have wanted to solve this problem.
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But after so many years, the Riemann hypothesis has still not been proven.
Since Fermat's last theorem was proved, the Riemann hypothesis has become the most famous problem in mathematics and the most difficult mathematical problem in the world.
Jiang Cheng valued the popularity of the Riemann Hypothesis and that it was the most difficult problem, so he chose to solve the Riemann Hypothesis.
Although the Riemann Hypothesis is the most difficult mathematical problem, Jiang Cheng is not afraid at all but full of fighting spirit.
Difficulty has never existed for Jiang Cheng.
For Jiang Cheng, any problem no matter how difficult it is can be solved, it just takes a long time.
Many people have claimed to have proved the Riemann Hypothesis in the past, but unfortunately, these proofs were eventually proved to be wrong.
Just in 2015, a Nigerian mathematician claimed that he had proved the Riemann hypothesis, which caused quite a stir at the time.
It is a pity that the Fang Kelai Institute of Mathematics, which set up the Millennium Prize, did not recognize the achievements of this mathematician. It seems that there must be problems with his research.
As soon as Jiang Cheng decided to study the Riemann hypothesis, he found the Nigerian mathematician's paper and started studying it.
He quickly found out what was wrong with the paper. The Nigerian mathematician had gone in the wrong direction from the beginning, so the entire paper was wrong.
No wonder the results of this Nigerian mathematician were not recognized by the Kerai Institute of Mathematics.
It turned out that there was a problem in the fundamental direction. No wonder his research has never been recognized by the international mathematics community.
After finding out the errors in this paper, Jiang Cheng quickly threw the paper aside.
This erroneous paper was of little use to Jiang Cheng, and it couldn't even inspire ideas.
Although the Nigerian mathematician's idea was wrong, Jiang Cheng himself could not find any correct solution.
Jiang Cheng sat on the chair and thought for a long time, but could not find a solution to the Riemann hypothesis.
But Jiang Cheng's current situation is normal. If Jiang Cheng can come up with a solution just by thinking about it,
Then this "473" problem will not be called the most difficult mathematical problem at present. It has not been proved by anyone for more than 150 years.
After thinking about it for a long time, Jiang Cheng had no idea, so he decided to think about this problem in another way.
Lucy, help me find all the papers on the Riemann hypothesis, screen out the valuable research results, and then classify the final results. Jiang Cheng gave up his meaningless thinking and turned around to give Lucy a new order in mid-air.
If Jiang Cheng felt that he couldn't think of a way, he might as well look at other research.
Although those successful studies did not prove the Riemann hypothesis, some papers are still very valuable.
At least those papers can help Jiang Cheng eliminate some wrong answers and save him the time needed to find solutions.
Generally speaking, anyone who wants to study this kind of mathematical problem needs to understand all previous research processes. This is the basic method of mathematical research.
Jiang Cheng is just doing very ordinary things now, at least very ordinary for a mathematician.
Since Jiang Cheng wanted to see the success of previous research, he might as well find all the papers on the Riemann Hypothesis.
There is nothing to be lost by taking a look at previous papers, and maybe it can help Jiang Cheng find some inspiration.
But there are many papers on the Riemann hypothesis. After hundreds of years of accumulation, countless mathematicians have studied this issue, and they may have left tens of thousands of papers.
Just reading these papers takes a long time, and not all of them are useful.
Some of the papers here are completely full of errors and are of no use to Jiang Cheng at all.
So Jiang Cheng needs Lucy's help to help him filter out useful things. Lucy will naturally help him analyze which papers are helpful to him and which papers are just useless garbage.
This would save Jiang Cheng a lot of unnecessary effort and allow him to focus more on research.
Lucy, the artificial intelligence, not only helps him with technical research, but is also very useful to Jiang Cheng in specializing in basic subjects.
It is truly a top-notch artificial intelligence that can help Jiang Cheng in all fields.
After hearing Jiang Cheng's order, Lucy began to enter the calculation state again.
Okay, Master, I will help you with the search and filtering work. Please wait a moment and I will be fine. "
(End of chapter)