Physicists Just Linked This 160 Year-Old Math Problem To Black Holes

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🌏 Get Exclusive NordVPN 2Y deal + 4 months extra here β†’ https://nordvpn.com/sabine It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌️ The Riemann Hypothesis is an open problem in maths which – if proved correct – would show us a pattern in prime numbers. The zeta function, a central part of the hypothesis, has been linked to quantum mechanics, and recently a group of physicists linked it to gravitational equations associated with black holes. What does this mean, exactly? Let’s take a look. Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)281 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0Mk

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