The 156 years old Riemann Hypothesis, the most important
problem in Mathematics has been successfully solved by Nigeria Scholar,
Dr Opeyemi Enoch.
With this breakthrough, Dr Enoch, who teaches
at the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), has become the fourth
egghead to resolve one of the seven Millennium Problems in Mathematics.
The
Kogi State-born mathematician had, before now, worked on mathematical
models and structures for generating electricity from sound, thunder and
Oceanic bodies.
A statement in Ado Ekiti yesterday said Dr Enoch
presentation of the Proof on November 11, 2015 during the International
Conference on Mathematics and Computer Science in Vienna, Austria
becomes more symbolic coming on the exact day and month 156 years after
the problem was delivered by a German Mathematician in 1859.
The
Riemann Zeta Hypothesis is one of the seven Millennium problems set
forth by the Clay Mathematics Institute with a million Dollar reward for
each solved problem for the past 16 years.
According to the
statement, “Dr Enoch first investigated and then established the claims
of Riemann. He went on to Consider and to correct the misconceptions
that were communicated by Mathematicians in the past generations, thus
paving way for his solutions and proofs to be established.
“He
also showed how other problems of this kind can be formulated and
obtained the matrix that Hilbert and Poly predicted will give these
undiscovered solutions. He revealed how these solutions are applicable
in cryptography, quantum information science and in quantum computers,”
it stated.
Three of the problems had been solved and the
prizes given to the winners. This makes it the fourth to be solved of
all the seven problems.
Dr Enoch had previously designed a
Prototype of a silo for peasant farmers and also discovered a scientific
technique for detecting and tracking someone on an evil mission.
Enoch
has succeeded in inventing methods by which oil pipelines can be
protected from vandalism and he is currently working on Mathematical
approaches to Climate Change