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TASKS OF MATHEMATICS UNSOLVED BY HUMANITY Hilbert problems The 23 most important problems in mathematics were presented by the greatest German mathematician David Hilbert at the Second International Congress of Mathematicians in Paris in 1990. Then these problems (covering the foundations of mathematics, algebra, number theory, geometry, topology, algebraic geometry, Lie groups, real and complex analysis, differential equations, mathematical physics, calculus of variations and probability theory) were not solved. So far 16 problems have been solved out of 23. Another 2 are not correct mathematical problems (one is formulated too vaguely to understand whether it is solved or not, the other, far from being solved, is physical, not mathematical) Of the remaining 5 problems, two are not solved in any way, and three are solved only for some cases Landau problems Until now, there are many open questions related to prime numbers (a prime number is a number that has only two divisors: one and the number itself). The most important questions were listed Edmund Landau at the Fifth International Mathematical Congress: Landau's first problem (Goldbach's problem): is it true that every even number greater than two can be represented as the sum of two primes, and every odd number greater than 5 can be represented as the sum of three primes? Landau's second problem: Is the set infinite? "simple twins"- prime numbers, the difference between which is equal to 2? Millennium targets (Millennium Prize Problems These are seven math problems, h and the solution to each of which the Clay Institute offered a prize of 1,000,000 US dollars. Bringing these seven problems to the attention of mathematicians, the Clay Institute compared them with D. Hilbert's 23 problems, which had a great influence on the mathematics of the twentieth century. Of Hilbert's 23 problems, most have already been solved, and only one, the Riemann hypothesis, has been included in the list of millennium problems. As of December 2012, only one of the seven millennium problems (the Poincaré hypothesis) has been solved. The prize for her solution was awarded to the Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman, who refused it. Here is a list of these seven tasks: No. 1. Equality of classes P and NPIf a positive answer to a question is possible fast check (using some supporting information called a certificate) whether the answer itself (together with the certificate) to this question is true fast to find? Problems of the first type belong to the NP class, and of the second type to the class P. The problem of the equality of these classes is one of the most important problems in the theory of algorithms. No. 2. Hodge hypothesisAn important problem in algebraic geometry. The conjecture describes cohomology classes on complex projective varieties realized by algebraic subvarieties. No. 3. The Poincaré hypothesis (proved by G.Ya. Perelman)It is considered the most famous topology problem. More simply, it states that any 3D "object" that has some properties of a three-dimensional sphere (for example, every loop inside it must be contractible) must be a sphere up to deformation. The prize for the proof of the Poincaré conjecture was awarded to the Russian mathematician G.Ya. No. 4. Riemann hypothesisThe conjecture states that all non-trivial (that is, having a non-zero imaginary part) zeros of the Riemann zeta function have a real part of 1/2. The Riemann hypothesis was the eighth in Hilbert's list of problems. No. 5. Yang-Mills theoryA task from the field of elementary particle physics. It is required to prove that for any simple compact gauge group G the quantum Yang-Mills theory for a four-dimensional space exists and has a nonzero mass defect. This statement is consistent with experimental data and numerical simulations, but it has not yet been proven. No. 6. Existence and smoothness of solutions of the Navier-Stokes equationsThe Navier-Stokes equations describe the motion of a viscous fluid. One of the most important problems in hydrodynamics. No. 7. Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer hypothesisThe hypothesis is related to the equations of elliptic curves and the set of their rational solutions. Often, when talking with high school students about research work in mathematics, I hear the following: "What new things can be discovered in mathematics?" But really: maybe all the great discoveries have been made, and the theorems have been proven? On August 8, 1900, at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Paris, mathematician David Hilbert outlined a list of problems that he believed were to be solved in the twentieth century. There were 23 items on the list. Twenty-one of them have been resolved so far. The last solved problem on Gilbert's list was Fermat's famous theorem, which scientists couldn't solve for 358 years. In 1994, the Briton Andrew Wiles proposed his solution. It turned out to be true. I think that this material published on the blog is interesting not only for students, but also for schoolchildren who are seriously involved in mathematics. There is something to think about when choosing topics and areas of research. Fermat's interest in mathematics appeared somehow unexpectedly and at a fairly mature age. In 1629, a Latin translation of Pappus's work, containing a brief summary of Apollonius' results on the properties of conic sections, fell into his hands. Fermat, a polyglot, an expert in law and ancient philology, suddenly sets out to completely restore the course of reasoning of the famous scientist. With the same success, a modern lawyer can try to independently reproduce all the proofs from a monograph from problems, say, of algebraic topology. However, the unthinkable enterprise is crowned with success. Moreover, delving into the geometric constructions of the ancients, he makes an amazing discovery: in order to find the maxima and minima of the areas of figures, ingenious drawings are not needed. It is always possible to compose and solve some simple algebraic equation, the roots of which determine the extremum. He came up with an algorithm that would become the basis of differential calculus. He quickly moved on. He found sufficient conditions for the existence of maxima, learned to determine the inflection points, drew tangents to all known curves of the second and third order. A few more years, and he finds a new purely algebraic method for finding quadratures for parabolas and hyperbolas of arbitrary order (that is, integrals of functions of the form y p = Cx q And y p x q \u003d C), calculates areas, volumes, moments of inertia of bodies of revolution. It was a real breakthrough. Feeling this, Fermat begins to seek communication with the mathematical authorities of the time. He is confident and longs for recognition. In 1636 he wrote the first letter to His Reverend Marin Mersenne: “Holy Father! I am extremely grateful to you for the honor you have done me by giving me the hope that we will be able to talk in writing; ...I will be very glad to hear from you about all the new treatises and books on Mathematics that have appeared in the last five or six years. ... I also found many analytical methods for various problems, both numerical and geometric, for which Vieta's analysis is insufficient. All this I will share with you whenever you want, and, moreover, without any arrogance, from which I am freer and more distant than any other person in the world. Who is Father Mersenne? This is a Franciscan monk, a scientist of modest talents and a wonderful organizer, who for 30 years headed the Parisian mathematical circle, which became the true center of French science. Subsequently, the Mersenne circle, by decree of Louis XIV, will be transformed into the Paris Academy of Sciences. Mersenne tirelessly carried on a huge correspondence, and his cell in the monastery of the Order of the Minims on the Royal Square was a kind of "post office for all the scientists of Europe, from Galileo to Hobbes." Correspondence then replaced scientific journals, which appeared much later. Meetings at Mersenne took place weekly. The core of the circle was made up of the most brilliant natural scientists of that time: Robertville, Pascal Father, Desargues, Midorge, Hardy and, of course, the famous and universally recognized Descartes. Rene du Perron Descartes (Cartesius), a mantle of nobility, two family estates, the founder of Cartesianism, the “father” of analytic geometry, one of the founders of new mathematics, as well as Mersenne’s friend and comrade at the Jesuit College. This wonderful man will be Fermat's nightmare. Mersenne found Fermat's results interesting enough to bring the provincial into his elite club. The farm immediately strikes up a correspondence with many members of the circle and literally falls asleep with letters from Mersenne himself. In addition, he sends completed manuscripts to the court of pundits: “Introduction to flat and solid places”, and a year later - “The method of finding maxima and minima” and “Answers to B. Cavalieri's questions”. What Fermat expounded was absolutely new, but the sensation did not take place. Contemporaries did not flinch. They didn’t understand much, but they found unambiguous indications that Fermat borrowed the idea of the maximization algorithm from Johannes Kepler’s treatise with the funny title “The New Stereometry of Wine Barrels”. Indeed, in Kepler's reasoning there are phrases like "The volume of the figure is greatest if, on both sides of the place of the greatest value, the decrease is at first insensitive." But the idea of a small increment of a function near an extremum was not at all in the air. The best analytical minds of that time were not ready for manipulations with small quantities. The fact is that at that time algebra was considered a kind of arithmetic, that is, mathematics of the second grade, a primitive improvised tool developed for the needs of base practice (“only merchants count well”). Tradition prescribed to adhere to purely geometric methods of proofs, dating back to ancient mathematics. Fermat was the first to understand that infinitesimal quantities can be added and reduced, but it is rather difficult to represent them as segments. It took almost a century for Jean d'Alembert to admit in his famous Encyclopedia: Fermat was the inventor of the new calculus. It is with him that we meet the first application of differentials for finding tangents.” At the end of the 18th century, Joseph Louis Comte de Lagrange spoke out even more clearly: “But the geometers - Fermat's contemporaries - did not understand this new kind of calculus. They saw only special cases. And this invention, which appeared shortly before Descartes' Geometry, remained fruitless for forty years. Lagrange is referring to 1674, when Isaac Barrow's "Lectures" were published, covering Fermat's method in detail. Among other things, it quickly became clear that Fermat was more inclined to formulate new problems than to humbly solve the problems proposed by the meters. In the era of dueling, the exchange of tasks between pundits was generally accepted as a form of clarifying issues related to chain of command. However, the Farm clearly does not know the measure. Each of his letters is a challenge containing dozens of complex unsolved problems, and on the most unexpected topics. Here is an example of his style (addressed to Frenicle de Bessy): “Item, what is the smallest square that, when reduced by 109 and added to one, will give a square? If you do not send me the general solution, then send me the quotient for these two numbers, which I chose small so as not to make you very difficult. After I get your answer, I will suggest some other things to you. It is clear without any special reservations that in my proposal it is required to find integers, since in the case of fractional numbers the most insignificant arithmeticist could reach the goal. Fermat often repeated himself, formulating the same questions several times, and openly bluffed, claiming that he had an unusually elegant solution to the proposed problem. There were no direct errors. Some of them were noticed by contemporaries, and some of the insidious statements misled readers for centuries. Mersenne's circle reacted adequately. Only Robertville, the only member of the circle who had problems with the origin, maintains a friendly tone of letters. The good shepherd Father Mersenne tried to reason with the "Toulouse impudent". But Farm does not intend to make excuses: “Reverend Father! You write to me that the presentation of my impossible problems has angered and cooled Messrs. Saint-Martin and Frenicle, and that this was the reason for the termination of their letters. However, I want to retort to them that what seems at first impossible is in fact not so and that there are many problems about which, as Archimedes said... ”, etc.. However, Farm is disingenuous. It was Frenicle who sent him the problem of finding a right-angled triangle with integer sides whose area is equal to the square of an integer. He sent it, although he knew that the problem obviously had no solution. The most hostile position towards Fermat was taken by Descartes. In his letter to Mersenne dated 1938 we read: “because I found out that this is the same person who had previously tried to refute my “Dioptric”, and since you informed me that he sent it after he had read my “Geometry ” and in surprise that I did not find the same thing, i.e. (as I have reason to interpret it) sent it with the aim of entering into rivalry and showing that he knows more about it than I do, and since more of your letters, I learned that he had a reputation as a very knowledgeable geometer, then I consider myself obliged to answer him. Descartes will later solemnly designate his answer as “the small trial of Mathematics against Mr. Fermat”. It is easy to understand what infuriated the eminent scientist. First, in Fermat's reasoning, coordinate axes and the representation of numbers by segments constantly appear - a device that Descartes comprehensively develops in his just published "Geometry". Fermat comes to the idea of replacing the drawing with calculations on his own, in some ways even more consistent than Descartes. Secondly, Fermat brilliantly demonstrates the effectiveness of his method of finding minima on the example of the problem of the shortest path of a light beam, refining and supplementing Descartes with his "Dioptric". The merits of Descartes as a thinker and innovator are enormous, but let's open the modern "Mathematical Encyclopedia" and look at the list of terms associated with his name: "Cartesian coordinates" (Leibniz, 1692), "Cartesian sheet", "Descartes ovals". None of his arguments went down in history as Descartes' Theorem. Descartes is primarily an ideologist: he is the founder of a philosophical school, he forms concepts, improves the system of letter designations, but there are few new specific techniques in his creative heritage. In contrast, Pierre Fermat writes little, but on any occasion he can come up with a lot of witty mathematical tricks (see ibid. "Fermat's Theorem", "Fermat's Principle", "Fermat's method of infinite descent"). They probably quite rightly envied each other. The collision was inevitable. With the Jesuit mediation of Mersenne, a war broke out that lasted two years. However, Mersenne turned out to be right before history here too: the fierce battle between the two titans, their tense, to put it mildly, polemic contributed to the understanding of the key concepts of mathematical analysis. Fermat is the first to lose interest in the discussion. Apparently, he spoke directly with Descartes and never again offended his opponent. In one of his last works, "Synthesis for refraction", the manuscript of which he sent to de la Chaumbra, Fermat mentions "the most learned Descartes" through the word and in every possible way emphasizes his priority in matters of optics. Meanwhile, it was this manuscript that contained the description of the famous "Fermat's principle", which provides an exhaustive explanation of the laws of reflection and refraction of light. Curtseys to Descartes in a work of this level were completely unnecessary. What happened? Why did Fermat, putting aside pride, went to reconciliation? Reading Fermat's letters of those years (1638 - 1640), one can assume the simplest thing: during this period, his scientific interests changed dramatically. He abandons the fashionable cycloid, ceases to be interested in tangents and areas, and for a long 20 years forgets about his method of finding the maximum. Having great merits in the mathematics of the continuous, Fermat completely immerses himself in the mathematics of the discrete, leaving the hateful geometric drawings to his opponents. Numbers are his new passion. As a matter of fact, the entire "Theory of Numbers", as an independent mathematical discipline, owes its birth entirely to the life and work of Fermat. <…>After Fermat's death, his son Samuel published in 1670 a copy of Arithmetic belonging to his father under the title "Six books of arithmetic by the Alexandrian Diophantus with comments by L. G. Basche and remarks by P. de Fermat, Senator of Toulouse." The book also included some of Descartes' letters and the full text of Jacques de Bigly's A New Discovery in the Art of Analysis, based on Fermat's letters. The publication was an incredible success. An unprecedented bright world opened up before the astonished specialists. The unexpectedness, and most importantly, the accessibility, democratic nature of Fermat's number-theoretic results gave rise to a lot of imitations. At that time, few people understood how the area of a parabola is calculated, but every student could understand the formulation of Fermat's Last Theorem. A real hunt began for the unknown and lost letters of the scientist. Until the end of the XVII century. Every word of his that was found was published and republished. But the turbulent history of the development of Fermat's ideas was just beginning. |
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