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1.0 out of 5 stars
I don't know what is the aim of the writer writing that book!!!!, June 12, 2007
This review is from: Riemann Hypothesis and Prime Number Theorem; Comprehensive Reference, Guide and Solution Manual (Paperback)
When I received the book, I felt excited.
But how disappointed I am when I open the book.
This book just packed with equations without explanation
and how the equations are derived. To simplify my comment:
if you should know how to derive those equations,
your mathamatical knowledge is much higher than requiring
that book, if you do not know what these equations are,
then you should not read this book. So I cannot suggest
a reason to buy this book !!!!!
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1.0 out of 5 stars
This book is a joke, June 15, 2011
This review is from: Riemann Hypothesis and Prime Number Theorem; Comprehensive Reference, Guide and Solution Manual (Paperback)
The 5 star review must have been written by the author or his close relative. This book is simply a joke and does not deserve even a single star. It is not even worth the paper on which it is written on. If you want to read about Riemann Hypothesis, there are well written and accessible books written by experts in the field. For example, "Riemann's Zeta Function" by Harold M. Edwards. There are also a number of popular books such "Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics" by John Derbyshire which are quite readable.
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I even tried cancelling the order, but for some reason the system wouldn't allow it :s, September 29, 2011
This review is from: Riemann Hypothesis and Prime Number Theorem; Comprehensive Reference, Guide and Solution Manual (Paperback)
I'm in love with the Riemann Hypothesis.
I was just starting High School and I read Derbyshire's take on it and loved it. I've read many other takes on the problem and always liked the books, in most cases because of the mathematics, in other cases because of the literary value. I was VERY disappointed by this book, the author doesn't seem to know what he is talking about and it feels as if he read a few Wikipedia articles and tried to summarize what he poorly understood. I'm afraid I will return this book in a week or so, since I still have time. (Side note: Actually, after reading many reviews I tried to cancel the order but the system wouldn't allow it for some reason. It hadn't shipped yet)
Please spare yourself the time-consuming process of ordering and returning this book and try Keith Devlín's book as an introduction instead :).
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