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James Maynard in front of prime numbers

James Maynard: uncovering the secrets of prime numbers

Prime numbers are the building blocks of mathematics, and yet their distribution is a mystery that has stumped mathematicians for centuries

Why prime numbers might not be random after all

Mathematics

Amateur sleuth finds largest known prime number with 41 million digits

Mathematics

Mathematicians have found a new way to identify prime numbers

Mathematics

Mathematicians are bitterly divided over a controversial proof

Maths equation

Physics

Baffling 500-page ABC maths proof to be published after eight-year row

Safe cracking

Technology

Number-crunchers set new record for cracking online encryption keys

numbers artwork

Physics

Inside the race to find the first billion-digit prime number

Physics

Mathematician鈥檚 record-beating formula can generate 50 prime numbers

Mathematics

7 mathematicians you should have heard of 鈥� but probably haven’t

Awarded every four years, the Fields medals honour the brightest young mathematical talent. We look back at some of the most intriguing past winners

Mathematics

Theorem of everything: The secret that links numbers and shapes

Physics

Largest prime number ever found has over 23 million digits

Physics

Mathematician set to publish ABC proof almost no one understands

Physics

Crowdsourced prime number could help solve a 50-year-old problem