Summary: The special characteristics of prime numbers have intrigued and confounded mathematicians since ancient times. Outlining the basics of primes-including their unique multiplicative properties and their supposedly random appearance in the number line-this program details the early history of prime number theory, beginning with discoveries that took place in the Hellenistic world. The film...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Many consider Alan Turing to be the father of computer science-mainly because of his cryptography machine, which cracked the German code during World War II. But Turing created his device before the war-not for military purposes, but in the hope of disproving the Riemann hypothesis. This program gives an account of Turing's unresolved zeta function research, the tragic conclusion of his life,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: With the advent of Bernhard Riemann's zeta-hypothesis, the study of prime numbers took on astonishing new dimensions-including a way to predict the appearance of primes. This program focuses on the numerical landscape which Riemann's calculations opened up and examines the work of subsequent mathematicians who challenged the notion of a finite set of prime numbers. Using state-of-the-art 3-D...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006