Scientific American

These Prime Numbers Are So Memorable That People Hunt for Them

One of my favorite anecdotes about prime numbers concerns Alexander Grothendieck, who was among the most brilliant mathematicians of the 20th century. According to one account, he was once asked to ...
Gizmodo

A Brief History of Our Obsession With Prime Numbers—and Where the Hunt Goes Next

A shard of smooth bone etched with irregular marks dating back 20,000 years puzzled archaeologists until they noticed something unique – the etchings, lines like tally marks, may have represented ...
The Conversation

Prime numbers, the building blocks of mathematics, have fascinated for centuries − now technology is revolutionizing the search for them

Jeremiah Bartz owns shares in Nvidia. A shard of smooth bone etched with irregular marks dating back 20,000 years puzzled archaeologists until they noticed something unique – the etchings, lines like ...
Scientific American

Mathematicians Come Up with ‘Mind-Blowing’ Method for Defining Prime Numbers

For centuries, prime numbers have captured the imaginations of mathematicians, who continue to search for new patterns that help identify them and the way they’re distributed among other numbers.
CNN

Record-breaking prime number containing more than 41 million digits found by former Nvidia programmer

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