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
for integers .
Brahmagupta gave the smallest solution as
- .
See also
[edit | edit source]- Brahmagupta
- Indian mathematics
- List of Indian mathematicians
- Pell's equation
- Indeterminate equation
- Diophantine equation
External links
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