gaussian_primes
Mathematical Programming with Python
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gaussian_primes: these play a similar role for complex integers, to what we know about the familiar prime numbers. Plotting the locations of the Gaussian prime numbers, we can define a sort of pinball game, which creates Gaussian Prime Spirals. An unproved conjecture suggests that every game ends in a finite number of steps.

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Last revised on 23 January 2025.