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

In 1202, Leonardo Fibonacci introduced in his book "Liber Abaci: Book of Calculation" prime numbers of the form (2 p –1) where p is also prime. Today, primes in this form are called Mersenne ...

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Editor's Note: Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this story omitted part of the calculation for the new prime number, correctly described below as 2 multiplied by itself 57,885,161 ...

But Helfgott, 38, went even farther back in time and conceived an improved version of the sieve of Eratosthenes, a popular method for finding prime numbers that was formulated circa 240 B.C ...

Meet the new largest known prime number. It starts with a 4, continues on for 23 million digits, then ends with a 1. As is true with all prime numbers, it can only be evenly divided by one and itself.

It’s been nearly six years since math devotees discovered the last largest known prime number, but the bar has officially been raised by over 16 million digits.On October 21, the Great Internet ...

Former Nvidia programmer Luke Durant’s search led to the groundbreaking discovery of the world’s largest known prime number in nearly six years.

In 1202, Leonardo Fibonacci introduced in his book “Liber Abaci: Book of Calculation” prime numbers of the form (2 p - 1) where p is also prime. Today, primes in this form are called Mersenne ...