Brahmagupta's problem

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

Solve the Pell's equation

x292y2=1

for integers x,y>0.

Brahmagupta gave the smallest solution as

(x,y)=(1151,120).

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