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

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.

Number theorist Yitang Zhang tackled a problem that could tame the randomness of prime numbers. Credit: George Csicsery/Zala Films A mathematician who went from obscurity to luminary status in ...

Which is exactly what we’re going to do here. How to write your first Java program The first non-trivial Java program I ever wrote was a number guessing game. It gave me a solid understanding of how ...