In mathematics, a natural number n is a Blum integer if n = p × q is a semiprime for which p and q are distinct prime numbers congruent to 3 mod 4.[1] That is, p and q must be of the form 4t + 3, for some integer t. Integers of this form are referred to as Blum primes.[2] This means that the factors of a Blum integer are Gaussian primes with no imaginary part. The first few Blum integers are
The integers were named for computer scientist Manuel Blum.[3]