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 | Grand Panjandrum | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: South of England
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Originally Posted by ThePerfectHacker  Why are these called "Mellenium Problems".
They are not so old.
There are only 2 real mellinium problem from the time of Euclid (more than 2300 years ago). Twin Prime conjecture. And the dangerous Odd Perfect Number
I think there is one most from the time of Pythagorus (more than 2500 years ago). I do not know who it is called, and I do not really know if it is unsolved. But I think it is. Show there is not thing as a slightly excessive number. Meaning when you add the proper divisors you obtain a number 1 more than the number you used. If what I said is true, this is the oldest unsolved problem.
It happens to be cool that the most complicated math problems involve the most basic things, the positive integers. Funny, all of these advanced PDE's eventually are solved after a some time. But these problems, which a child can understand still unsolved. Even by the greatest mathemations. | They were so called to cellebrate the new millenium, they are supposed
to be the 21st century equivalent of the Hilbert problems, but with
prize money attached. See this.
RonL
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