For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

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Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...