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Pell equation

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Number theory in the East
…is now (erroneously) called the Pell equation. He posed the challenge to find a perfect square that, when multiplied by 92 and increased by 1, yields another perfect square. That is, he sought whole numbers x and y such that 92x² + 1 = y²—a Diophantine equation with quadratic terms.…
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…is now (erroneously) called the Pell equation. He posed the challenge to find a perfect square that, when multiplied by 92 and increased by 1, yields another perfect square. That is, he sought whole numbers x and y such that 92x² + 1 = y²—a Diophantine equation with quadratic terms.…
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