🔢 Wow, mathematicians just "discovered" an infinite pattern using integer partitions to find primes! 🎉 Because we all know, finding primes in the 21st century is the Holy Grail of math, right? 🚀 Spoiler alert: primes are still whole numbers greater than 1. 🙄
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematicians-hunting-prime-numbers-discover-infinite-new-pattern-for/ #mathdiscovery #integerpartitions #primesfinding #infinitepatterns #mathnews #HackerNews #ngated
Mathematicians Hunting Prime Numbers Discover Infinite New Pattern for Finding Them

Using a notion called integer partitions, mathematicians have discovered a new way to detect prime numbers while also connecting two areas of math in an unexpected way

Scientific American