You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Prime numbers are one of the most basic topics of study in the branch of mathematics called number ...

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Find one million consecutive positive numbers, none of which are prime. Ancient math tells us that prime numbers (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, ...,), which have no factors except for 1 and themselves, go on ...

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On March 20, American-Canadian mathematician Robert Langlands received the Abel Prize, celebrating lifetime achievement in mathematics. Langlands' research demonstrated how concepts from geometry, ...

One of my favorite anecdotes about prime numbers concerns Alexander Grothendieck, who was among the most brilliant mathematicians of the 20th century. According to one account, he was once asked to ...

If Special Ed teachers are drama queens as my professor at Western New Mexico University claims, then teaching is the ultimate form of improv. For example, when a seventh grade student in inclusion ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Last week, Yitang “Tom” Zhang, a popular math professor at the University of New Hampshire, stunned ...

Like many math students, I had dreams of mathematical greatness. I thought I was close once. A difficult algebra problem in college kept me working late into the night. After hours of struggle, I felt ...

Primes still have the power to surprise. Chris-LiveLoveClick/shutterstock.com On March 20, American-Canadian mathematician Robert Langlands received the Abel Prize ...