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A055025 Norms of Gaussian primes. 15
2, 5, 9, 13, 17, 29, 37, 41, 49, 53, 61, 73, 89, 97, 101, 109, 113, 121, 137, 149, 157, 173, 181, 193, 197, 229, 233, 241, 257, 269, 277, 281, 293, 313, 317, 337, 349, 353, 361, 373, 389, 397, 401, 409, 421, 433, 449, 457, 461, 509, 521, 529, 541, 557, 569 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

These are the primes in the ring of integers a+bi, a and b rational integers, i = sqrt(-1).

REFERENCES

R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, A16.

L. W. Reid, The Elements of the Theory of Algebraic Numbers, MacMillan, NY, 1910, see Chap. V.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..1000

Index entries for Gaussian integers and primes

FORMULA

Consists of 2; rational primes = 1 (mod 4) [A002144]; and squares of rational primes = 3 (mod 4) [A002145^2 ]

EXAMPLE

There are 8 Gaussian primes of norm 5, +-1+-2i and +-2+-i, but only two inequivalent ones (2+-i).

MATHEMATICA

Union[(#*Conjugate[#] & )[ Select[Flatten[Table[a + b*I, {a, 0, 23}, {b, 0, 23}]], PrimeQ[#, GaussianIntegers -> True] & ]]][[1 ;; 55]] (* From Jean-François Alcover, Apr 08 2011 *)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A055026-A055029, A055664-...

Sequence in context: A130244 A161569 A182814 * A178805 A130235 A129726

Adjacent sequences:  A055022 A055023 A055024 * A055026 A055027 A055028

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,nice

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Jun 09 2000

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Larry Reeves (larryr(AT)acm.org), Oct 03 2000

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