The Riemann Hypothesis (Part 2) (golem.ph.utexas.edu)

I love reading John Baez, he makes me feel like I can almost understand this stuff.

Super project

You can head over to cocalc.com, fire up a sage worksheet, and stick this in:

    for n in range(1, 13):
        field = GF(2^n)
        count = 0
        for x in field:
          for y in field:
            if y^2+y == x^3+x:
                count += 1
        print n, 2^n, count
    

if you want to play around with some of these numbers.

Discussion of Part 1:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20912380

If you're interested in a lengthier intro to the Riemann Hypothesis, I highly recommend the book "The Millenium Problems" by Keith Devlin.