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Mathematicians already know that the nontrivial zeta zeros are confined between 0 and 1.
—Byzack Savitsky, science.org, 29 July 2024
In 1859, Bernhard Riemann, another renowned German mathematician, sought help from a different function, now called the Riemann zeta function.
—Byzack Savitsky, science.org, 29 July 2024
Riemann knew that the zeta function has an infinite number of zeros within the critical strip.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 July 2024
Riemann quickly found that the zeta function has no zeros if the real part is greater than 1.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 July 2024
Riemann had actually done pages of calculations of zeros of the Riemann zeta function.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
The Riemann zeta function, by contrast, assigns complex numbers to the variable s, an innovation that brings the whole vast store of techniques from complex analysis to bear on questions in number theory.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 13 Jan. 2022
Riemann’s question hinges on the Riemann zeta function.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 13 Jan. 2022
The Riemann zeta function is the most famous member of a large class of mathematical objects, L-functions, that encode many different arithmetic relationships.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 13 Jan. 2022
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Word History
Etymology
Greek zēta
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Zeta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zeta. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
zeta
noun
ze·ta
ˈzāt-ə
: the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
—Ζ or ζ
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