From this view, prime numbers are the basic building blocks for constructing any positive whole number using multiplication—akin to atoms combining to make molecules in chemistry.

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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.

A basic feature of number theory, prime numbers are also a fundamental building block of computer science, from hashtables to cryptography.

Former Nvidia programmer Luke Durant used an unusual computer setup to discover a Mersenne prime that is — wait for it — 41 million digits long.

The largest known prime number has been discovered, smashing the previous record by more than 16 million digits.

The largest prime number is now 16 million digits longer than the previous record found in 2018, thanks to an amateur hunter and his large collection of high-power graphics cards ...

He was not able to prove the prime number twin conjecture but demonstrated something close to it, which was more progress than anyone had made since the twin prime conjecture was formulated in the ...

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