Bernhard Riemann

The shy genius who curved geometry, founded the zeta function's analytic life, and died at thirty-nine of tuberculosis.

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1826 – 1866

Core Principles & Analysis

• His 1854 habilitation lecture defined manifolds — the geometry Einstein later needed.
• The 1859 Riemann hypothesis about zeta zeros remains the most famous open problem in mathematics.
• He published only nine papers in his life, nearly every one a foundation.