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

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

This shows that there are arbitrarily long prime gaps, and so out along the list of natural numbers there are places where the closest primes are 100, or 1,000, or even 1,000,000,000 numbers apart. A ...

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

Every even number greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers. There is only one even prime number which is 2. Any two prime numbers are always co-prime to each other.

A basic feature of number theory, prime numbers are also a fundamental building block of computer science, from hashtables to cryptography. Topics Spotlight: AI-ready data centers ...

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.

Mersenne primes are a rare kind of number, making Durant’s finding of the 52nd known Mersenne prime even more impressive. A number is only considered a Mersenne prime if it can be written in the ...

Mersenne primes are a rare kind of number, making Durant’s finding of the 52nd known Mersenne prime even more impressive. A number is only considered a Mersenne prime if it can be written in the ...