Pell's equation
English
Etymology
Named by Leonhard Euler after the 17th-century mathematician John Pell, whom Euler mistakenly believed to be the first to find a general solution.
Proper noun
- (number theory) The Diophantine equation for a given integer m, to be solved in integers x and y.
Further reading
Pell's equation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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