Identifying prime numbers among small integers is relatively simple, but the task becomes Herculean with large numbers. This complexity has pushed researchers to develop more sophisticated methods ...

Through this collaborative program, anyone can download freely available software from the GIMPS website to search for Mersenne prime numbers on their personal computers.

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

For centuries, prime numbers have fascinated mathematicians, from ancient artifacts to modern tech. Now, cloud computing and global collaborations are pushing the search for record-breaking primes ...

These numbers, which are only divisible by 1 and themselves, form the atoms of number theory, so to speak, and have fascinated humankind for thousands of years.

In 'Prime Target,' Leo Woodall plays a mathlete attempting to crack the code in prime numbers, and attempts to escape an unknown threat.

Researchers are finally close to solving the great mysteries surrounding prime numbers and why they are so seemingly infinite.

A prime number is a whole number that can only be divided by 1 and itself. A former Nvidia programmer discovered the world's largest known prime number using graphics processing units.

The world's largest known prime number has been discovered, but we can't show it because it's so large it would take up 21 standard-sized novels to turn into text. Called M136279841, its shorthand ...

In 2017, however, a developer named Mihai Preda designed an open-source program called GpuOwl to continue the Mersenne prime research through these muc-improved machines.