A basic feature of number theory, prime numbers are also a fundamental building block of computer science, from hashtables to cryptography. Everyone knows that a prime number is one that cannot be ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The Mojo programming language is new. In fact, it’s still under development. At the end of 2023, ...

The best kinds of ideas about numbers are easy to understand but devilish to actually prove. We saw that in the YouTube channel Numberphile's video about the Collatz conjecture. Now that channel and ...

A team of computer scientists has developed a videogame called CodeSpells that teaches people how to code in Java. The game was tested on a group of 10- to 12-year-old girls who had never done any ...