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Originally Posted by R.D. Silverman
One way of doing it for x^2 + 1 is to factor it as (x+i) (x-i), then search for x such that the norms
(over Q) of the factors are both prime.
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I'm an idiot. This won't work. The norm of each factor is the product of all its conjugates......
Now ask: what are the conjugates of each factor???
Still, it seems that something similar might work.... I will consider it.