Simple Formula Makes Prime Numbers Easy, but a Million-Dollar Mystery Remains
Would you like to be a millionaire? There are several ways to fulfill this dream. For two decades the U.S. edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? promised a million dollars if you could answer 15 challenging questions correctly. Today you could win that prize by answering just one question: How are prime numbers distributed on the number line? In doing so, you would solve the so-called Riemann hypothesis, one of seven “Millennium Problems,” the solutions of which are rewarded with $1 million each.In fact, the Riemann…