Mathematicians discover a completely new way to find prime numbers AI outsmarted 30 of the world's top mathematicians at secret meeting in California Meet the 'neglectons': Previously overlooked ...

In 2017, however, a developer named Mihai Preda designed an open-source program called GpuOwl to continue the Mersenne prime research through these muc-improved machines.

Turing machines Busy Beaver Hunters Reach Numbers That Overwhelm Ordinary Math The quest to find the longest-running simple computer program has identified a new champion. It’s physically impossible ...

The discovery of the largest prime number ever found has just been announced to the world. 2 136,279,841 -1, known as M136279841, was found by amateur “prime-hunter” Luke Durant on October 11 ...

New work attacks a long-standing barrier to understanding how prime numbers are distributed.

Prime numbers are crucial for tech like RSA encryption, so understanding them from every angle is essential for maximum security.

The largest known prime number has been discovered, smashing the previous record by more than 16 million digits.