Editor's Note: Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this story omitted part of the calculation for the new prime number, correctly described below as 2 multiplied by itself 57,885,161 times ...

Math lovers rejoice at this mind-boggling discovery. A professor at the University of Central Missouri harnessed the power of a research computer to calculate what is now the world's largest ever ...

Square numbers: a square number is formed by multiplying a number by itself. Cube numbers: a cube number is formed by multiplying a number by itself and then by itself again. Powers of 10: powers of ...

(NEXSTAR) – Regardless of how 2025 turns out, it’s no ordinary year. The year 2025 is a “perfect square year” because it’s the product of a number multiplied by itself – 45×45=2025, a phenomenon that ...