Brahmagupta's problem

From Bharatpedia, an open encyclopedia

This problem was given in India by the mathematician Brahmagupta in 628 AD in his treatise Brahma Sputa Siddhanta:

Solve the Pell's equation

for integers .

Brahmagupta gave the smallest solution as

.

See also[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

Template:Mathworld