# Negative and imaginary prime numbers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negative-and-imaginary-prime-numbers/245555>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 17, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negative-and-imaginary-prime-numbers/245555 "2004-05-17T06:18:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Mathochist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negative-and-imaginary-prime-numbers/245555/21 "2004-05-17T23:02:40Z")

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> [@ultrafilter](#):
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> That’s what I was suggesting. Was I unclear?

No, but I was more fleshing out your ideas for the edification of the group as a whole.

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