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

A prime number study charts the limits of detection. Skip to main content. Scientific American. January 6, 2025. 2 min read. How to ‘Catch’ Prime Numbers.

Ken Ono, a top mathematician and advisor at the University of Virginia, has helped uncover a striking new way to find prime numbers—those puzzling building blocks of arithmetic that have kept ...

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Prime numbers, when expressed as that number of dots, can be arranged only in a single row or column, rather than a square or rectangle. David Eppstein/Wikimedia Commons.

Former Nvidia programmer Luke Durant’s search led to the groundbreaking discovery of the world’s largest known prime number in nearly six years.

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