Zeta -- Florian Sprung, August 1, 2005

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What does this greek letter mean?
This talk will be divided into two parts - an ancient one and a modern
one. Ironically, the modern part is more like a "history of math" talk,
while the ancient part is more rigorous - with results by Euler and
others, and some beautiful (short) proofs. One famous conjecture (the
Riemann hypothesis) will mark the transition into the modern part, and we
will encounter a wide range of $zeta$s. The goal of this talk is to state the
famous Weil conjectures (1949) in a way accessible to anybody. The entire
talk is, as always, accessible to anybody as well.