Higher Descent on Pell Conics II. Two Centuries of Missed Opportunities
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Publication:6473358
arXivmath/0311296MaRDI QIDQ6473358
Publication date: 18 November 2003
Abstract: We discuss the history of attempts to solve the Pell equation using certain auxiliary equations that correspond, in modern terminology, to a second 2-descent.
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