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

Euclid began by assuming that there is a finite number of primes. Then he came up with a prime that was not on the original list to create a contradiction. Since a fundamental principle of mathematics ...

It involves a list of natural numbers in which one removes every even value (apart from 2), then all multiples of 3, multiples of 5, and so on, such that only the prime numbers remain at the end.

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

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.

For centuries, prime numbers have fascinated mathematicians, from ancient artifacts to modern tech. Now, cloud computing and global collaborations are pushing the search for record-breaking primes ...

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.

To make progress on one of number theory’s most elementary questions, two mathematicians turned to an unlikely source.

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.

The Riemann hypothesis is the most important open question in number theory—if not all of mathematics. It has occupied experts for more than 160 years. And the problem appeared both in ...