Gaussian prime (English, noun)
expansion: Gaussian prime (plural Gaussian primes)
Senses:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: 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).
Forms:
form: Gaussian primes
tags: plural