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Redheffer and Mertens, Accelerated 4

Shortly after I published the second post about the Mertens conjecture, a reader's comment suggested a new approach to computing Redheffer determinants and the Mertens function. It is now possible to compute a half-million values of the Mertens function in about five hours.... read more >>

Redheffer and Mertens, Continued 3

Shortly after I posted Redheffer, Mertens and One-Million Dollars a few days ago, Mathworks' Pat Quillen made an important observation about computing the Mertens function.... read more >>

Redheffer, Mertens and One-Million Dollars 1

I didn't know anything about these topics until a couple of weeks ago. Now I can't stop thinking about them.... read more >>

Prime Spiral #2

Today's post was inspired by a YouTube video, Why do prime numbers make these spirals?, on the channel 3Blue1Brown, created by Grant Sanderson. In my opinion this is the best math channel on YouTube. He has beautiful graphics and superb exposition. I recommend you take a look, if you haven't already.... read more >>