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Simultaneous Pellian equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

R. G. E. Pinch
R. G. E. Pinch
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Emmanuel College, Cambridge CB2 3AP
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In this paper we describe a method for finding integer solutions of simultaneous Pellian equations, that is, integer triples (x, y, z) satisfying equations of the form

where the coefficients a, b, c, d, f are integers and we assume that a, c, and ac are not square.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 103 , Issue 1 , January 1988 , pp. 35 - 46
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1988

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