Gauss had heard the first big theme in the music of the primes, but it was one of his students, Riemann, who would truly unleash the full force... of the hidden harmonies that lay behind the cacophony of the primes.


The Music of the Primes, Chapter 2 (p. 58), HarperCollins Publisher, Inc. 2003

Marcus du Sautoy Quotes

Gauss had heard the first big theme in the music of the primes, but it was one of his students, Riemann, who would truly unleash the full force... of ...

Gauss had heard the first big theme in the music of the primes, but it was one of his students, Riemann, who would truly unleash the full force... of ...

Gauss had heard the first big theme in the music of the primes, but it was one of his students, Riemann, who would truly unleash the full force... of ...

Gauss had heard the first big theme in the music of the primes, but it was one of his students, Riemann, who would truly unleash the full force... of ...