They published an algorithm that effectively combines the random and deterministic approaches to output a prime number of a specific length, with a high probability of delivering the same one even if ...

(Phys.org) —Two math and physics researchers from the University's of Barcelona and Madrid respectively have developed an algorithm to count prime numbers using a quantum computer. José Latorre ...

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 ...

A million-dollar puzzle relating to prime numbers could be tackled using only ... has devised the first quantum algorithm to count primes. Quantum computers should be faster than ordinary ones ...