2007-10-12 22:47:17 · 4 answers · asked by Shadow 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
the most difficult maths question is:
"what's the most difficult maths question ?"
isn't it ?
2007-10-12 22:56:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The simple ones. Example: As you know, the list of prime numbers is endless (that is, there is no 'largest' prime number). Now, we define 'twin-primes' as two prime numbers whose difference it 2 such as 11 and 13 or 101 and 103. The question is: Is there a largest twin-prime pair?
It's a question that dates back to antiquity, and nobody knows the answer. Using computers, the largest twin-prime pair found so far has several thousand digits in each number.
So..... Have fun. Most of the greatest mathematicians who have ever lived have tried it.
A couple of others you might want to look up are Goldbachs Conjecture and Colatz conjecture. Both very simple, and so far no proofs.
Doug
2007-10-13 05:57:46 · answer #2 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia has a whole list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsolved_problems_in_mathematics
There's also the seven Millennium Prize Problems. Solve one and you get a million bucks.
One (the Poincare Conjecture) has been solved already.
But hey, there's still six million.
In my opinion, there's no "most difficult" Maths question.
2007-10-13 06:06:25 · answer #3 · answered by darrenfoong1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
which has no answer , as , Find a formula to the all prime numbers ?
2007-10-13 05:53:52 · answer #4 · answered by pioneers 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋