【学术报告】A New Life of the Old Sieve

• 主讲人：Yuri Matiyasevich
• 时间：周四21:00-22:00，2020-04-08
• 地点：online

Beijing-Saint Petersburg Mathematics Colloquium (online)

摘要（Abstract） 

Prime numbers are one of the most important objects of study in Number Theory. Greek mathematician Eratosthenes (276--194 B.C.) invented a method (known nowadays under his name) for revealing primes among all natural numbers. A more modern and powerful for tool for studying prime numbers is Riemann's zeta function. In recent years the speaker performed intensive  computer calculations in the search for new properties of this function. Unexpectedly, the Sieve of Eratosthenes naturally appeared in one calculation with the non-trivial zeros of the zeta function. This form of the sieve demonstrates a rich fractal structure lacking in the original sieve. Later another calculation revealed a different kind of a sieve which is dual to the classical Sieve of Eratosthenes. So far no theoretical explanation was found for the observed phenomena.  Calculation were not an easy computational task. They required  calculations of several thousands of initial non-trivial zeros of the zeta function with several thousands decimal digits, and solving systems consisting of several thousands linear equations. 

主讲人简介（Bio）

马蒂亚舍维奇教授是当代俄罗斯最著名的数学家之一，圣彼得堡数学学会主席。1966年，19岁的他在逻辑学方面取得了一些突破性的成果，应邀在当年莫斯科举行的国际数学家大会上作邀请报告。1970年，尤里-马蒂亚舍维奇解决了希尔伯特第十问题。到目前为止，他在其他经典领域，如四种颜色问题和黎曼问题上取得了广泛的突破性成果。 他获得了许多著名的奖项，包括洪堡奖、苏联科学院的Markov奖等。他曾获得奥弗涅大学克莱蒙费朗分校和皮埃尔和玛丽居里大学的荣誉学位。Matiyasevich教授是AMS、巴伐利亚科学院和许多其他科学团体的成员。Yuri Vladimirivich Matiyasevich自1970年起在圣彼得堡的斯捷科洛夫研究所工作，1995年成为圣彼得堡国立大学教授。 2002年起，他担任圣彼得堡市数学奥林匹克竞赛负责人。2008年，Matiyasevich教授当选为俄罗斯科学院正式院士。Matiyasevich院士培养了一大批优秀的学生，其中有多位教授和院士。