MathFiction: Prime Target (Steve Thompson (Creator) / Brady Hood (Director))

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Prime Target (2025)

Steve Thompson (Creator) / Brady Hood (Director)
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A math grad student discovers a pattern to prime numbers which gets him caught up in the dangerous world of espionage in this television series.

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Categories:

Genre	Adventure/Espionage,
Motif	Academia,
Topic	Computers/Cryptography, Algebra/Arithmetic/Number Theory,
Medium	Television Series or Episode,

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