Pell's equation
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The Diophantine equation x²-my²=1 for a given integer m, to be solved in integers x and y.
— However, due to Euler's mistake in attributing the equation to English mathematician John Pell (1610-1585), Equation (27.14) is called Pell's equation. Results concerning Pell's equation will be stated without proof.
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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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