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Pell's equations

Pell's equations is the plural of Pell's equation.

Meaning of Pell's equation

Noun

Pell's equation (plural Pell's equations)

  1. The Diophantine equation x²-my²=1 for a given integer m, to be solved in integers x and y.
    • However, due to Euler's mistake in attributing the equation to English mathematician John Pell (1610-1585), Equation (27.14) is called Pell's equation. Results concerning Pell's equation will be stated without proof.1974, Allan M. Kirch, Elementary Number Theory: A Computer Approach, Intext Educational Publishers, page 212

Questions about Pell's equations

What is Pell's equations the plural of?
Pell's equations is the plural of Pell's equation.

Words near Pell's equations in the dictionary

  1. Pell Grants
  2. pell mell
  3. Pell number
  4. Pell numbers
  5. Pell's equation
  6. Pell's equations
  7. Pell-Fermat equation
  8. Pell-Fermat equations
  9. pell-mell
  10. Pella
  11. pellack

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