‘Prime Target’: A Thriller About Mathematics

Who would expect that math professors would be hunted by a government intelligence service?
‘Prime Target’: A Thriller About Mathematics
Edward Brooks (Leo Woodall), in “Prime Target.” Apple TV+
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TV-14 | 8 episodes | Thriller | 2025

In England, schools use the term “maths” instead of math, but the principles remain constant. As everyone should remember from school, a prime number is only divisible by itself and one (1). This lack of factors make primes particularly useful in cryptology. Indeed, most encryption systems are based on primes, because of their uniqueness and unpredictability.

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