DR. OPEYEMI ENOCH: Solves 156-Year-Old Maths Problem, wins $1Million

A Nigerian lecturer, Dr. Opeyemi Enoch who lectures at the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) has made a name for himself across the globe after solving the 156 years old Riemann Hypothesis, the most important problem in Mathematics.

This enviable feat makes him the fourth person to be able to resolve one of the Seven Millennium Problems in Mathematics. The Riemann Zeta Hypothesis is one of the seven Millennium problems set forth by the Clay Mathematics Institute with a million Dollar reward for each solved problem for the past 16 years and he has won himself a million dollar reward.

The mathematician is said to have made his presentation on the proof during the International Conference on Mathematics and Computer Science in Vienna, Austria on November 11, 2015. Making it more interesting is that it coincides with the exact day and month 156 years after the problem was delivered by a German Mathematician in 1859.

Prior to this achievement the Kogi state born genius has worked on mathematical models and structures for generating electricity from sound, thunder and Oceanic bodies.

He had also previously designed a Prototype of a silo for peasant farmers and also discovered a scientific technique for detecting and tracking someone on an evil mission. Dr. Enoch has succeeded in inventing methods by which oil pipelines can be protected from vandalism and he is currently working on Mathematical approaches to Climate Change

According to a statement in Ado Ekiti, “Dr Enoch first investigated and then established the claims of Riemann. He went on to Consider and to correct the misconceptions that were communicated by Mathematicians in the past generations, thus paving way for his solutions and proofs to be established.

“He also showed how other problems of this kind can be formulated and obtained the matrix that Hilbert and Poly predicted will give these undiscovered solutions. He revealed how these solutions are applicable in cryptography, quantum information science and in quantum computers,” it stated.