Prime numbers are crucial for tech like RSA encryption, so understanding them from every angle is essential for maximum ...

Using a notion called integer partitions, mathematicians have discovered a new way to detect prime numbers while also ...

Their work revives long-standing mathematical curiosities but does so through a fresh window – additive combinatorics.

Ken Ono, a top mathematician and advisor at the University of Virginia, has helped uncover a striking new way to find prime ...

Teachers can get kids comfortable with math concepts by using numeracy-focused vocabulary in everyday classroom activities.

Professor Ken Ono from the University of Virginia has made a discovery that could redefine the mathematical understanding of ...

It "represents theoretical math that could’ve been done decades ago" - but it has big implications for the future.

Researchers demonstrate that there are infinitely many prime numbers of the form p²+4q² using novel and advanced ...

Pamela Weber Harris , a former high school math teacher contends in a new volume, Developing Mathematical Reasoning: Avoiding the Trap of Algorithms, that too many classrooms focus too much on ...

These sequences belong to combinatorics, a branch of mathematics that deals with number patterns in sets of elements. The most famous combinatorics sequence, called the Catalan numbers, ...