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dist-epochyesterday at 4:08 PM1 replyview on HN

There is a whole YouTube channel just about this subject. Tens of hours in total, in 30-50 min episodes handling little chunks of this matter (Zeta/Riemann/primes)

Easy to follow without requiring advanced math, great visualizations.

https://www.youtube.com/@ZetaExplained/videos

However needing tens of hours of video to explain what the Riemann Hypothesis is, without glossing over details, tells you something about it's difficulty (as a statement).


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pishpashyesterday at 5:34 PM

I don't think tens of hours are necessary. There was a very good public talk by a mathematician from first principles that even a child can understand, all the way up to the Riemann hypothesis, in 50 minutes. I wish it was online. It was the best talk of any subject I have ever heard.