This algorithm can tell which number sequences a human will find interesting The result hints that machines could one day be trained to spot mathematical elegance and beauty.

The established research on this test method—as well as the distribution of prime numbers—assured them that they’d find a prime within a reasonable time frame.

Prime numbers can only be divided by themselves and 1. Figuring out which numbers are prime can be tricky, so mathematicians have developed various algorithms to speed up the search.

Physics Inside the race to find the first billion-digit prime number Discovering giant prime numbers involves laborious trial and error, and they are of little use when they are found.

In 2017, Zapata Computing spun out of Harvard to develop quantum software and algorithms for business and they have received over $26 million in funding.