Rational primes that decompose in the field Q(sqrt(-2)). - N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 25 2017
Fermat knew of the relationship between a prime being congruent to 1 or 3 mod 8 and its being the sum of a square and twice a square, and claimed to have a firm proof of this fact. These numbers are not primes in Z[sqrt(-2)], as they have x - y sqrt(-2) as a divisor. - Alonso del Arte, Dec 07 2012
This sequence gives the primes p which satisfy norm(rho(p)) = + 1 with rho(p) := 2*cos(Pi/p) (the length ratio (smallest diagonal)/side in the regular p-gon). The norm of an algebraic number (over Q) is the product over all zeros of its minimal polynomial. Here norm(rho(p)) = (-1)^delta(p)* C(p, 0), with the degree delta(p) = A055034(p) = (p-1)/2. For the minimal polynomial C see A187360. For p == 1 (mod 8) the norm is C(p, 0) (see a comment on 4*A005123) and for p == 3 (mod 8) the norm is -C(p, 0) (see a comment on A186297). For the primes with norm(rho(p)) = -1 see A003628. - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 24 2013
If p is a member then it has a unique representation as x^2+2y^2 [Frei, Theorem 3]. - N. J. A. Sloane, May 30 2014
Primes that are the quarter perimeter of a Heronian triangle. Such primes are unique to the Heronian triangle (see Yiu link). - Frank M Jackson, Nov 30 2014
REFERENCES
David A. Cox, "Primes of the Form x^2 + n y^2", Wiley, 1989, p. 7.