Gaussian integer
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complex number whose real and imaginary parts are both integers
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- Gaussian rational
- Named after
- Carl Friedrich Gauss
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- Commons category
- Gaussian integers
- different from
- Gaussian rational
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
In number theory, a Gaussian integer is a complex number whose real and imaginary parts are both integers. The Gaussian integers, with ordinary addition and multiplication of complex numbers, form an integral domain, usually written as
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