Besides their interest to number theorists, primes are used to encrypt sensitive information on the Internet.

To this day, ℓ-adic cohomology remains a fundamental tool for number theorists, with important applications to the Langlands program.

He was invited to England to work with some of the best number theorists of the time.

"It's looking rather poor," said Don Zagier, another number theorist at the institute.

To date, the conference remains an active meeting of young and experienced number theorists alike.

But the new proof from India was created by a professor who isn't known as a number theorist - and his two co-authors were still undergraduates.

As a mathematician, Selfridge was one of the most effective number theorists with a computer.

Dr. Stewart advised the writer to find an Indian number theorist who could teach him how to present a proper paper.

Another notable student was Kurt Mahler, the number theorist.