For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

In this thread I had some naive questions about Goldbach's conjecture. Since that thread I've read more of How To Prove It, and was wondering if there was a universally agreed upon definition of a ...

Prime numbers, vital in mathematics and competitive exams, can be quickly identified using a systematic approach. This method involves checking divisibility by primes up to the square root of the ...

Baker (Mind 114: 223-238,2005; Brit J Philos Sei 60: 611-633,2009) has recently defended what he calls the "enhanced" version of the indispensability argument for mathematical Platonism. In this paper ...

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. Contrary to what just ...

Digitally delicate prime numbers become composite with this one weird trick. Math researchers proved these primes exist using the bucket proof method. There are no known examples so far, but ...

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 ...