Nigerian scholar, Dr Opeyemi Enoch, has successfully
solved the 156-year-old Riemann hypothesis, the most
important problem in Mathematics.
Vanguard reports that Dr Enoch, who teaches at the
Federal University in Oye-Ekiti, has become the fourth
person to resolve one of the seven Millennium problems in
Mathematics.
According to a statement issued on Saturday, November
14, in Ado Ekiti, Dr Enoch presented the proof during the
International Conference on Mathematics and Computer
Science in Vienna, Austria, on November 11. His
presentation was symbolic as it was made on the exact
day and month 156 years after the problem was delivered
by a German Mathematician in 1859.
“Dr Enoch first investigated and then established the
claims of Riemann. He went on to consider and to correct
the misconceptions that were communicated by
Mathematicians in the past generations, thus paving way
for his solutions and proofs to be established.
“He also showed how other problems of this kind can be
formulated and obtained the matrix that Hilbert and Poly
predicted will give these undiscovered solutions. He
revealed how these solutions are applicable in
cryptography, quantum information science and in
quantum computers,” the statement read.
The Riemann Zeta Hypothesis is one of the seven
Millennium problems set forth by the Clay Mathematics
Institute with a million Dollar reward for each solved
problem for the past 16 years.
The Nigerian scholar had earlier worked on mathematical
models and structures for generating electricity from
sound, thunder and oceanic bodies. He also designed a
prototype of a silo for peasant farmers and discovered a
scientific technique for detecting and tracking someone on
an evil mission.
