Higher Descent on Pell Conics I. From Legendre to Selmer
Number Theory
2007-05-23 v1 History and Overview
Abstract
This article deals with the history of certain aspects of the Pell equation X - D y = 4. We briefly discuss explicit units, and then study the history of Legendre's equations ax - b y = 4 with ab=D.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0311309,
title = {Higher Descent on Pell Conics I. From Legendre to Selmer},
author = {Franz Lemmermeyer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0311309},
year = {2007}
}
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19 pages, 2 figures