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gaussian prime

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables
gaus-sian prime
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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).

Inflected Forms

Gaussian primes (plural)

Questions

What does gaussian prime mean?
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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