prime number
noun
: any integer other than 0 or ± 1 that is not divisible without remainder by any other integers except ± 1 and ± the integer itself
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Ben Green, a mathematician at the University of Oxford, is fascinated by the mysterious patterns that characterize the prime numbers.
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Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2025
In the trailer for the conspiracy thriller released Monday, Woodall stars as an intelligent math postgraduate Edward Brook, who discovers a breakthrough in possibly finding a pattern in prime numbers.
—Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
Prime Target follows Woodall’s Edward Brooks, a math genius (hence the reference to prime numbers) on the brink of a major breakthrough who senses someone may be trying to thwart his discovery.
—Lucy Ford, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
The work not only broke the previous record, which had stood for 80 years, but led to new results about the distribution of prime numbers.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2025
In the trailer for the conspiracy thriller released Monday, Woodall stars as an intelligent math postgraduate Edward Brook, who discovers a breakthrough in possibly finding a pattern in prime numbers.
—Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
Prime Target follows Woodall’s Edward Brooks, a math genius (hence the reference to prime numbers) on the brink of a major breakthrough who senses someone may be trying to thwart his discovery.
—Lucy Ford, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
The work not only broke the previous record, which had stood for 80 years, but led to new results about the distribution of prime numbers.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Prime number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prime%20number. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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