Jeff
09-07-2004, 02:13 PM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,...1298728,00.html (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1298728,00.html)
Maths holy grail could bring disaster for internet
Two of the seven million dollar challenges that have baffled for more than a century may be close to being solved
Mathematicians could be on the verge of solving two separate million dollar problems. If they are right - still a big if - and somebody really has cracked the so-called Riemann hypothesis, financial disaster might follow. Suddenly all cryptic codes could be breakable. No internet transaction would be safe. (more at the link)
Maths holy grail could bring disaster for internet
Two of the seven million dollar challenges that have baffled for more than a century may be close to being solved
Mathematicians could be on the verge of solving two separate million dollar problems. If they are right - still a big if - and somebody really has cracked the so-called Riemann hypothesis, financial disaster might follow. Suddenly all cryptic codes could be breakable. No internet transaction would be safe. (more at the link)