RH ≠ NP

Maybe it’s lucky Li’s proof of the Riemann Hypothesis didn’t work out, since…

“…if a proof is found, it has the potential to lead to the undermining of current encryption methods, which depend on the difficulty of factoring large prime numbers.”

Current encryption methods are pretty crap, aren’t they?

The cover of the book Huge Numbers by Richard Elwes
Huge Numbers
(Basic Books, April 2026)