Infinity down, only 69,999,997 to go. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. New research has proven that prime numbers don't just ...

Yitang "Tom" Zhang made an important breakthrough in Number Theory by solving the Twin Prime Conjecture. His work was an important mathematical break-through, and Zhang became an instant celebrity. By ...

Prime numbers are positive integers greater than 1 that can only be divided evenly by 1 and themselves. These numbers are important in many areas of mathematics, including number theory, cryptography, ...