The prime numbers appear in “self-similar” groupings, meaning that between peaks of certain heights, there are groupings of smaller peaks, and so on. The team discovered strong indications of such a ...

Using a notion called integer partitions, mathematicians have discovered a new way to detect prime numbers while also ...

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

Their work revives long-standing mathematical curiosities but does so through a fresh window – additive combinatorics.

The team discovered strong indications of such a pattern using computer simulations to see what would happen if prime numbers were treated like a string of atoms subjected to X-rays. In work published ...

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

Although whether a number is prime or not is pre-determined, mathematicians don’t have a way to predict which numbers are prime, and so tend to treat them as if they occur randomly.