Pell's Equation and Continued Fractions

Author(s)
Kyle
Peterson
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Western Oregon University
Talk Abstract
Pell's equation is the famous equation $dx^2+1=y^2$. We will use the continued fraction representation of the irrational numbers $\sqrt{d}$ to find solutions to this famous equation when $d$ is square-free.
Talk Subject
Number Theory
Time Slot
2015-03-12T22:45:00