Riemann Hypothesis Explanation - Quanta Magazine

Role: Designer and Animator
The Riemann hypothesis is the most notorious unsolved problem in all of mathematics. Ever since it was first proposed by Bernhard Riemann in 1859, the conjecture has maintained the status of the "Holy Grail" of mathematics. In fact, the person who solves it will win a $1 million prize from the Clay Institute of Mathematics.

What is the Riemann hypothesis? Why is it so important? What can it tell us about the chaotic universe of prime numbers? And why is its proof so elusive? These answers are I need to figure it out first before I jump into the design section. One of the biggest challenge on this project is that I have to turn abstract the mathematics concept into the engaging visual design and animation. We tried to make the story flow and final design of abstract visualization are easy to let people to follow and understand the as much as they can about the Riemann Hypothesis.

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Producer: Editor Emily Buder
Host, Math Advisor: Alex Kontorovich
Animation: Guan-Huei Wu and Clay Shonkwiler
Executive Producer: Thomas Lin
Special Thanks: Vadym Sklepoff