A counterexample to the Pellian equation conjecture of Mordell
Number Theory
2024-06-13 v2
Abstract
Let be a squarefree integer, let be such that is the ring of algebraic integers of the real quadratic number field , let be the fundamental unit of and let and be the unique nonnegative integers with . In this note, we extend and study the list of known squarefree integers , for which is divisible by (cf. OEIS A135735). As a byproduct, we present a counterexample to a conjecture of L. J. Mordell.
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@article{arxiv.2402.09827,
title = {A counterexample to the Pellian equation conjecture of Mordell},
author = {Andreas Reinhart},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.09827},
year = {2024}
}