In October 2024 Luke Durant, an independent researcher in San Jose, Calif., announced that he had discovered the largest known prime number—so enormous it would take years to write out in full. One ...

Two professors, one of English and one of mathematics, were having drinks in the faculty club bar. “It is curious,” said the English professor, “how some poets can write one immortal line and nothing ...

Integral transforms play a foundational role in applied mathematics, statistics, and theoretical physics, serving as powerful ...