Pell's Equation

Senthil Kumaran

2009-10-09 20:56

x^2 - n y^2 = 1

(Pell's equation) which is named after the English mathematician John Pell. It was studied by Brahmagupta in the 7th century, as well as by Fermat in the 17th century.

For more information, see the Wikipedia article on Pell's equation.