Many mathematical surveys indicate that the "Proof of the
Riemann Hypothesis" is the most important open question in
mathematics. The rapid pace of mathematics, along with computer-
assisted mathematical proofs and visualizations, leads me to
believe that this question will be resolved in my lifetime. Math
aficionado John Fry once said that he thought we would have a
better chance of finding life on Mars than finding a
counterexample for the Riemann Hypothesis. In the early 1900s,
British mathematician Godfrey Harold Hardy sometimes took out a
quirky form of life insurance when embarking on ocean voyages.
In particular, he would mail a postcard to a colleague on which
he would claim to have found the solution of the Riemann
Hypothesis. Hardy was never on good terms with God and felt that
God would not let him die in a sinking ship while Hardy was in
such a revered state, with the world always wondering if he had
really solved the famous problem. The proof of the Riemann
Hypothesis involves the zeta function, w