Hi - I'm reading "Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics" by John Derbyshire and wanted to share this quote with you.
"So yes, it seems that the non-trivial zeros of the zeta function and the eigenvalues of random Hermitian matrices are related in some way. This raises a rather large question, a question that has been hanging in the air ever since that encounter in Fuld Hall in 1972. The non-trivial zeros of Riemann's zeta function arise from inquiries into the distribution of prime numbers. The eigenvalues of a random Hermitian matrix arise from inquiries into the behavior of systems of subatomic particles under the laws of quantum mechanics. What on earth does the distribution of prime numbers have to do with the behavior of subatomic particles?"
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