A basic feature of number theory, prime numbers are also a fundamental building block of computer science, from hashtables to cryptography.

That prime numbers and powers of 2 fascinate many people comes as no surprise. In fact, all numbers split into two camps: interesting and boring ...

A generator equation can spit out many prime numbers, but it leaves important mathematical questions unanswered ...

“We can get similar results about prime numbers from this.” In a breakthrough result posted online in May, Maynard and Larry Guth of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology established a new cap on ...

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.