Let’s crack the Riemann Hypothesis! | Sociology and Pure Mathematics | N J Wildberger

Modern pure mathematics implicitly assumes that we are able to perform an unbounded, or infinite number of arithmetical operations in order to bring into being “real numbers“ and “values of transcendental functions“ such as “exp“ and “log“. We use these superhuman powers to reconsider J. Lagarias’ equivalent reformulation of the famous Riemann Hypothesis concerned with the zeroes of the so-called “Riemann zeta function“. This allows us to resolve this famous conjecture with a computation, which is essentially similar in difficulty to the calculation of cos(7) or zeta(5) or exp(H_6) where H_6 is the 6th Harmonic number. Fellow pure mathematicians: are we not able to think clearly about what we are actually able to do when it comes to mathematical computation? We don’t need to pretend, just to obtain “pleasant results“ that distort the real nature of the mathematical world. Let’s rather replace philosophical justifications us