Mathematicians Hunting Prime Numbers Discover Infinite New Pattern for Finding Them Using a notion called integer partitions, mathematicians have discovered a new way to detect prime numbers while ...

All numbers can be broken down into their prime factors Quantum computers could one day threaten the safety of the internet by breaking encryption – and now they are a step closer. A quantum ...

For the first time in more than 25 years, mathematicians have proven a new way to identify prime numbers, and in doing so developed a toolkit that could allow further advances in number theory.