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Closed formulae for certain Fermat-Pell equations

Number Theory 2021-08-09 v3

Abstract

Given positive integers j,kj,k, with j2j\geq 2, we show that there are positive integers d,ed,e such that d\sqrt{d} has continued fraction expansion d=[e,k,,k,2e]\sqrt{d}=[e,\overline{k,\dots,k,2e}], with period jj, if and only if kk is even or 3j3\nmid j, in which case we give closed formulae to find all such d,ed,e as well as the smallest solution in positive integers to the Fermat-Pell equation X2dY2=(1)jX^2-dY^2=(-1)^j.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2107.02696,
  title  = {Closed formulae for certain Fermat-Pell equations},
  author = {Fernando Szechtman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.02696},
  year   = {2021}
}
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