The discovery may aid research in both mathematics and materials science. “Prime numbers have beautiful structural properties, including unexpected order, hyperuniformity and effective limit-periodic ...

New Delhi: In a development that has stirred the mathematical world, two researchers have taken a route to unlock hidden patterns in prime numbers – one that blends old wisdom with unexpected tools.

Many years ago, a friend showed me this bit of mathematical trivia that thrilled us both no end: And then there’s the one I believed, for a while, was my own totally innovative discovery (it wasn’t).

A $1 million prize has been awarded to a mathematician for work that could one day unlock the secrets of prime numbers. The King of Norway will officially present the prestigious Abel prize in ...