ABSTRACT

Many famous mathematicians throughout history have created their own formulas to calculate the largest number of decimals of Π in the most efficient possible way. This chapter presents one of the most important unsolved problems in mathematics: the Riemann hypothesis. There's a million dollar prize waiting for the person who can solve it and something even more important: the possibility of being remembered for posterity. Archimedes is one of the most famous individuals in the history of science. Archimedes' life is the subject of many legends of which the best-known one is probably the story of how he was able to set on fire a large fleet of Roman galleys that were trying to attack Syracuse. His extraordinary intelligence was acknowledged even by his own enemies.