Identifying prime numbers among small integers is relatively simple, but the task becomes Herculean with large numbers. This complexity has pushed researchers to develop more sophisticated methods ...

Researchers demonstrate that there are infinitely many prime numbers of the form p²+4q² using novel and advanced combinatorial methods.

In 'Prime Target,' Leo Woodall plays a mathlete attempting to crack the code in prime numbers, and attempts to escape an unknown threat.

A prime with 41 million digits won’t immediately join the ranks of useful numbers, but for now it adds a feather in the cap of a community that longs to apprehend the colossal.

Prime numbers have been investigated for more than 2,000 years, since at least the era of the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid. There are infinitely many, but what is the largest known prime number?

Record For Largest Known Prime Number Broken By Amateur Mathematician Using Free Software It is the 52nd Mersenne prime to be found since they were first studied over 350 years ago.

Former Nvidia programmer Luke Durant used an unusual computer setup to discover a Mersenne prime that is — wait for it — 41 million digits long.

The largest prime number is now 16 million digits longer than the previous record found in 2018, thanks to an amateur hunter and his large collection of high-power graphics cards ...

A Proof from Antiquity Mathematics has an unlimited number of prime number building blocks. Euclid proved this more than 2,000 years ago with a simple thought experiment. Suppose there were only a ...