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Superb, high-level study of one of the most influential classics in mathematics examines landmark 1859 publication entitled “On the Number of Primes Less Than a Given Magnitude,” and traces developments in theory inspired by it. Topics include Riemann’s main formula, the prime number theorem,... read more

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This book is a study of Bernhard Riemann's epoch-making 8-page paper "On the Number of Primes Less Than a Given Magnitude," and of the subsequent developments in the theory which this paper inaugurated.

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  1. Harold M. Edwards (Author)

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