Number enthusiasts may be looking to the new year with a touch of melancholy. Another perfect square like 2025 (45 2 = 2,025) won’t occur again until 2116 (46 2 = 2,116). The year 2027 will be a prime ...

Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, mathematicians have wondered if the prime numbers are truly random, or if ...

Prime numbers have fascinated mathematicians for centuries, yet many students find them intimidating. Whether you're preparing for competitive exams like JEE, solving number theory problems, or simply ...

A supercomputer has something for the record books. A computer has found the largest known prime number. It's 22 million digits long. Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search — -- Here's one for the ...