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Mathematician’s record-beating formula can generate 50 prime numbers

Physics

Mathematician’s record-beating formula can generate 50 prime numbers

Figuring out the pattern of the primes is one of the long-standing mysteries of maths, and now there is a way to spit some out on demand

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7 mathematicians you should have heard of – but probably haven't

Mathematics

7 mathematicians you should have heard of – but probably haven't

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Mathematics

Theorem of everything: The secret that links numbers and shapes

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Prime numbers

Physics

Largest prime number ever found has over 23 million digits

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ABC Conjecture

Physics

Mathematician set to publish ABC proof almost no one understands

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Postage stamp of mathematician Sierpinski

Physics

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

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Mathematicians shocked to find pattern in 'random' prime numbers

Mathematics

Mathematicians shocked to find pattern in 'random' prime numbers

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Prime number with 22 million digits is the biggest ever found

Prime number with 22 million digits is the biggest ever found

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Feedback: a calling card for water fruitloopery

Feedback: a calling card for water fruitloopery

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Closing the last loophole for unhackable quantum security

Technology

Closing the last loophole for unhackable quantum security

Need to share a secret? A code that's as strong as the laws of physics is within our grasp and could finally make sure your data can never leak

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Life

Is this ET? Mystery of strange radio bursts from space

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Life

Is the answer to life, the universe and everything 37?

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A comedian stands up for sums

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'Factorisation factory' smashes number-cracking record

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