The only way to decrypt this string is to decide whether or not each number in the encrypted string is a square modulo N — virtually impossible without knowing the values of the primes p and q. And of ...

Mathematicians working on questions in the program seek to build bridges between disparate areas to show how advanced forms of calculus (where periods originate) can be used to answer fundamental open ...

Scientists have found what they say is a link between complex number theory and string theory: a specific kind of elliptic curve from a torus.