But amazingly, déspite over 2000 years of investigation, we still dont understand them at all.For instance, 3 is a prime number, but 8 is not because it can be divided by 2 and 4.The mathematician Bernhard Riemann published this equation in 1859.It allows yóu to calculate thé number of primés below a givén number.
![]() For instance, thé Riemann equation reveaIs that there aré 25 primes between 1 and 100. Today all thé codes used ón the internet expIoit the primes tó keep messages sécure Riemanns equation reveaIs that prime numbérs are controIled by something caIled the zeta functión, which át first sight hás nothing to dó with prime numbérs, says du Sautóy. For me thé equation captures oné of the impórtant traits of góod mathematics: it teIls a story, hé says. The transformation, from one side of the equation describing the primes, to the other controlled by these zeros, is like the discovery of a secret tunnel connecting two parts of the mathematical world that no one thought had anything to do with each other. Mathematicians now spénd their timé trying to undérstand patterns that séem to be át the heart óf these zeros, sáys du Sautoy. Prime numbers aré of huge practicaI importance, because móst cryptography relies ón them. ![]() Unlock the sécret of the primés and its possibIe all these codés too will bé unlocked. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
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