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Published online 9 April 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030407-4
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Maths world abuzz with prime proof
New rule for spacing between consecutive indivisible numbers.
Two mathematicians have formulated a proof that has been described as "possibly the most important advance in prime-number theory since the mid-1960s".
Primes are the whole numbers that can be divided exactly only by themselves and 1.
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