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3) If (q j, q j ^ | i) is not a co-factor-pair, then (q j ^ | i, q j) is a factor-pair with the same generation t j | i as (q j, q j ^ | i). 4) For any j and i, we have t j | i ≤ r j. We found that ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. A new proof has brought mathematicians one step closer to understanding the hidden order of those “atoms of arithmetic,” the prime ...