Processing math: 100%

Thursday, 30 June 2016

Gaussian Primes

Figure 1

Above is an excerpt from David Well's "Prime Numbers" of which I have an electronic copy as well as a physical copy (in Jakarta). It concerns, as can be seen, Gaussian primes; the pattern described above is shown below:

Figure 2
This pattern would emerge as the primes are plotted on the Argand diagram. The OEIS's associated with Gaussian primes are described below:

Figure 3
1949, the year that I was born, is not a Gaussian prime since it is a 4n+1 prime and can be expressed as 102+432=(10+43i)(1043i). The next prime 1951 is a 4n+3 and hence a Gaussian prime.

No comments:

Post a Comment