Yesterday Tuesday, November 17th, reports coming from Quartz revealed that
the story, widely published by the international and local media, claiming a
Nigerian professor of mathematics,
Opeyemi Enoch, solved the Riemann Zeta Hypothesis was false.
The Riemann Zeta Hypothesis was created by the German
mathematician Bernhard Riemann in 1859.
The Clay Mathematics Institute, an American organization,
designated the Riemann Zeta Hypothesis as one of seven Millennium
problems. Any individual who can solve a
Millennium problem will be rewarded with $1 million by the Clay Mathematics
Institute.
Despite early reports stating that Enoch solved the
hypothesis, the institute refused to confirm his claims of finding a solution
to one of their Millennium problems. In an audio interview with BBC, Mr. Enoch claimed that he
was approached by his students to solve the hypothesis. During the interview he claimed that the
prospect of a $1 million reward did not motivate him, rather he wanted to show
his students his work in 'solving' the problem.
According to Quartz, Mr. Enoch’s academia.edu profile has
the 'proof' of the 'solution' to the Riemann Hypothesis. However, subsequent investigations indicated
that his 'proof' was plagiarized.
Sources:
SaharaReporters
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