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--> MATHEMATICAL BREAKTHROUGH ENDANGERS ENCRYPTION
Have you heard of the Riemann Hypothesis? It says there are
connections among seemingly random prime numbers. And a Purdue professor is publishing what he says is proof of the hypothesis.

Prime numbers, such as 17 and 31, are divisible only by themselves or 1. Random prime numbers are crucial to encryption, which is used to protect commercial exchanges over the Internet.

Among heavy-duty thinkers, there is concern that this breakthrough could make prime numbers predictable, rather than random. And that could nullify the benefits of encryption.

In the year 2000, the Clay Mathematics Institute offered $1 million to anyone who could solve one of seven math riddles. The Riemann Hypothesis is included in that seven. The professor, Louis de Branges, has published his solution on his Web site. It is enormously complicated, so it will be awhile before it is accepted or rejected.

De Branges' paper is at:

    http://www.math.purdue.edu/~branges/

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Gene

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This is THE greatest mathematical problem of all times.
Karl Sabbagh's book "Dr. Riemann's Zeros", and Julian Havil
book "Gamma", both writtn for the general public, may also be of
interest to some of us. "Gamma" is an extremely well written book,
if there is one book you want to read on this subject, this is it.

De Branches has made similar claims in the past (but he did proved
Bieberbach). The jury will be out for a very long time - don't hold
your breath, and don't bet on it!

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I am sure that the following is of significance to some members of

this list. I don't have a CLUE, but if it has significance relative
to VP, what is it?

--> MATHEMATICAL BREAKTHROUGH ENDANGERS ENCRYPTION
Have you heard of the Riemann Hypothesis? It says there are
connections among seemingly random prime numbers. And a Purdue

professor is publishing what he says is proof of the hypothesis.

Prime numbers, such as 17 and 31, are divisible only by themselves

or 1. Random prime numbers are crucial to encryption, which is used
to protect commercial exchanges over the Internet.

Among heavy-duty thinkers, there is concern that this breakthrough

could make prime numbers predictable, rather than random. And that
could nullify the benefits of encryption.

In the year 2000, the Clay Mathematics Institute offered $1

million to anyone who could solve one of seven math riddles. The
Riemann Hypothesis is included in that seven. The professor, Louis
de Branges, has published his solution on his Web site. It is
enormously complicated, so it will be awhile before it is accepted
or rejected.

De Branges' paper is at:

    http://www.math.purdue.edu/~branges/

Spread a little cheer.
Gene

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