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

The proof creates stricter limits on potential exceptions to the famous Riemann hypothesis.

Prime numbers have captivated mathematicians for thousands of years—and now cloud computing is helping them chase the biggest ones yet.

The zeta function takes points on the complex plane as inputs, and it produces other complex numbers as outputs. It turns out that for some complex numbers, the zeta function is equal to zero.