Riemann Hypothesis

Mathematics Number Theory / Analytic Number Theory Clay Millennium · Open Cite
Primary: Bernhard Riemann
Publication: Über die Anzahl der Primzahlen unter einer gegebenen Größe (1859)
Year: 1859
URL: Wikipedia

Description

Riemann Hypothesis (1859, open): All non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function ζ(s) lie on the critical line Re(s) = 1/2.

Consequences if true: Best possible error term in prime-counting π(x) ∼ Li(x); many theorems in number theory rely on RH or GRH (Generalized RH for Dirichlet L-functions). Clay Millennium Prize problem.

Source: Wikipedia

Dependency Flowchart (High-Level)

graph TD DefZeta["Def: Riemann zeta\nζ(s) = Σ n⁻ˢ, Re(s)>1"] DefCont["Def: Analytic continuation\nζ(s) to ℂ except s=1"] DefZero["Def: Non-trivial zero\nζ(ρ)=0, 0<Re(ρ)<1"] DefCrit["Def: Critical line\nRe(s) = 1/2"] ThmPNT["Thm: Prime Number Theorem\nπ(x) ∼ x/log x"] ConjRH["Conj: Riemann Hypothesis\nAll zeros on Re(s)=1/2"] ThmEquiv["Thm: RH ⟺ Error in π(x)\n|π(x)−Li(x)| = O(x^½ log x)"] DefZeta --> DefCont DefCont --> DefZero DefZero --> ConjRH DefCrit --> ConjRH ThmPNT --> ThmEquiv ConjRH --> ThmEquiv classDef definition fill:#b197fc,color:#fff,stroke:#9775fa classDef theorem fill:#51cf66,color:#fff,stroke:#40c057 classDef conjecture fill:#ffd43b,color:#000,stroke:#f59f00 class DefZeta,DefCont,DefZero,DefCrit definition class ThmPNT,ThmEquiv theorem class ConjRH conjecture