Category:ZETATREK

ζ-Treck

"To seek out numeric properties and prime positions; to boldly prove where no man has proved before!"

Summary: An expedition to conquer the greatest unsolved problem in mathematics - the Riemann Hypothesis. By amateurs across the world. An ongoing workshop presented by Compasswallah. Began Oct. 19, 2011.

Links
&bull; About the ZetaTrek (whatofs and wherefores) &bull; KNK103: The Crystals of Mt. Zeta &bull; @fadesingh (the Captain of this mission) &bull; #ZETATREK (the Twitter hashtag to follow) &bull; ZetaTrek Basecamp (the Google Doc to follow and review) &bull; GAP (the software for algebraic calculation) &mdash; official page, GGAP front-end program

Recommended Reading

 * "Birds and Frogs", by Freeman Dyson (PDF, ams.org)
 * "Prime Obsession", by John Derbyshire (amazon.com)
 * "Disquisitiones Arithmeticae", by Carl Friedrich Gauss (1798), translation by Arthur A. Clarke (amazon.com)

Media

 * "Indian Mathematician Takes Shot At Proving Riemann Hypothesis", Slashdot.org (October 6, 2011)
 * "Climbing Mt. Zeta With The Man Who Wants To Prove The Riemann Hypothesis", Techie-buzz.com (October 14, 2011)
 * "Kan kvasikrystaller løse Riemanns hypotese?", Ing.dk (November 5, 2011)
 * "A cracking good mystery", Times of India (January 7, 2012)
 * "A Quest to Solve One of Math's Great Puzzles", Zombal.com (April 29, 2012)