Prime numbers, vital in mathematics and competitive exams, can be quickly identified using a systematic approach. This method ...

Using a notion called integer partitions, mathematicians have discovered a new way to detect prime numbers while also ...

Prime numbers, those integers divisible only by one and themselves, have fascinated mathematicians for millennia. Their ...

Mathematicians have been studying the distribution of prime numbers for thousands of years. Recent results about a curious kind of prime offer a new take on how spread out they can be.

Both arithmetic aficionados and the mathematically challenged will be equally captivated by new research that upends hundreds of years of popular belief about prime numbers.

Luke Durant, a researcher and amateur mathematician, has identified the largest new prime number known to humankind. The newly discovered prime number is 2 to the power of 136,279,841, then minus one.

A basic feature of number theory, prime numbers are also a fundamental building block of computer science, from hashtables to cryptography.

A prime number is a whole number that can only be divided by 1 and itself. A former Nvidia programmer discovered the world's largest known prime number using graphics processing units.

Prime numbers have captivated mathematicians for thousands of years—and now cloud computing is helping them chase the biggest ones yet.

There is only one even prime number which is 2. Any two prime numbers are always co-prime to each other. Every integer greater than 1 can be represented uniquely as a product of prime numbers.

A prime number is a whole number that can only be divided by 1 and itself. A former Nvidia programmer discovered the world's largest known prime number using graphics processing units.