Pell's equation

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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.

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1. Template:Lb The Diophantine equation $x^2-m{y}^2=1$ for a given integer m, to be solved in integers x and y.
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