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Originally Posted by AntonioLao  Look up the works by Euler. He was the originator of zeta function and used by Riemann to form his hypothesis on prime numbers distribution. Maybe your great uncle also have done works on prime numbers but so many great works have been lost throughout history because at the time most people are preoccupied with more important things. |
Thanks so much for the tip, A.L. Over the years I have accumulated a couple dozens of math books and found among them a few on Euler and the zeta function, so I better move those to the top priority of my reading list.
I can't help it, but I am very much intrigued by mathematical constants and how they relate to the so-called "fundamental physical onstants". Actually, those physical "constants" are, in my opinion, no constants at all but most definitely oscillating variables. But mathematics is a great tool to figure out the physical workings of the universe and therefore I feel that the equations worked out over the centuries on true mathematical constants could give me a clue on the relationship to the pseudo-constants presently used in the physical world. I am almost 100 % certain that those pseudo-constants, like for example the Newtonian gravitational "constant" G, have varied greatly over the eons of geologic time and therefore any computer modelling done by using these pseudo-constants might give a totally false picture of the past and future universe - and therefore also of the presently calculated ultimate TOE.
Anyway, it's getting late and I can't wait to get to my bedtime reading on Euler and his mathematician colleagues.
Regards,
Spiral Path