Related Story A Prime Numbers Study Is Stirring Up ControversyThis has pushed mathematicians—including Ken Ono from the University of Virginia—to continue exploring the frontiers of prime numbers. While there are technically infinite prime numbers, it’s difficult to find new ones, as they appear in a number line with no pattern. (Currently, the largest known prime number is more than 41 million digits long .) This essentially devises a new way to investigate prime numbers that has never been explored before. Prime numbers may be elementary, but they remain a fixture of our complex technological future.