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Gaussian prime
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en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Gaussian prime.wav GA
Noun
en math A Gaussian integer a + bi such that either one of a, b is zero and the absolute value of the other is a prime number of the form 4n + 3 (with n a nonnegative integer); or both are nonzero and a2 + b2 is a prime number (which will never be of the form 4n + 3).
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