For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

A prime factor is a natural number, other than 1, whose only factors are 1 and itself. The first few prime numbers are actually 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and so on. Now we can also use what’s called prime ...

Don't know if you've heard, but there's a new largest known prime number in town. On 26 December, mathematicians scored a late Christmas present when a computer owned by a 51-year-old engineer in the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The infinite world of prime numbers just got a little more finite, after a pair of mathematicians discovered the prime number sequence ...

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. Contrary to what just ...

A prime number is a special number that can only be divided by one and itself. It makes them a pain for this fella who likes to divide things into neat, equal piles. Let’s dig further… Take the number ...