Brahmagupta's problem
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This problem was given in India by the mathematician Brahmagupta in 628 AD in his treatise Brahma Sputa Siddhanta: Solve the Pell's equation
- [math]\displaystyle{ x^2 - 92y^2 = 1 }[/math]
for integers [math]\displaystyle{ x,y\gt 0 }[/math].
Brahmagupta gave the smallest solution as
- [math]\displaystyle{ (x,y) = (1151,120) }[/math].
See also
- Brahmagupta
- Indian mathematics
- List of Indian mathematicians
- Pell's equation
- Indeterminate equation
- Diophantine equation
External links
Weisstein, Eric W.. "Brahmagupta's Problem". http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BrahmaguptasProblem.html.
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