Today, people use complex computing networks to search for prime numbers with millions of digits. But early mathematicians were running these calculations by hand.

Prime numbers are a central topic of study in math. Despite being an object of fascination for millennia, there are still a lot of unsolved problems involving primes. Prime numbers are one of the ...

Here's one for the math nerds: A computer in Missouri has identified the largest known prime number.

How Fermat’s less famous ‘little theorem’ got mathematicians young and old to play with prime-like Carmichael numbers.

Math lovers are always competing to find the largest prime number, and just recently, an engineer discovered the largest one—so far. And you won’t believe how ginormous it is: It has more than 41 ...

Mathematics students have made a significant new discovery in the mathematical field of number theory. They have discovered the first known example of a 3 by 3 by 3 generalized arithmetic ...

And math, interpreted broadly, is woven throughout all aspects of life, as Sarah Hart stresses in “Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature.” ...

The symmetry of an inaugural math competition being held in Ratio Hall seems only fitting. More than 100 middle school and elementary school students will gather Saturday at Wentz Science Center fo… ...

Math historian Peter S. Rudman suggests that Greek mathematicians were likely the first to understand the concept of prime numbers, around 500 B.C.E.