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What exactly would proving the Reimann Hypothesis do/change (besides be a major achievement in mathematics)? What real world repercussions would a proof have?
Comment by AxelBoldt at 14/12/2023 at 21:35 UTC
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There wouldn't be any real-world repercussions, except for the 1-Million-Dollar prize.
Essentially, the Riemann hypothesis gives precise information about the distribution of the prime numbers, which is very useful in number theory. You see lots of theorems in number theory of the form "If the Riemann hypothesis is true, then ...". All these would turn into unconditional theorems overnight.
Comment by [deleted] at 13/12/2023 at 19:24 UTC
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