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Polynomial Pell's equation
Author(s):
William
A.
Webb;
Hisashi
Yokota
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
131
(2003),
993-1006.
MSC (1991):
Primary 11D25, 11A55
Posted:
November 6, 2002
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Abstract:
Consider the polynomial Pell's equation , where is a monic polynomial in and . Then for , , and , a necessary and sufficient condition for the polynomial Pell's equation to have a nontrivial solution in is obtained.
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Additional Information:
William
A.
Webb
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164
Email:
webb@math.wsu.edu
Hisashi
Yokota
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, 2-1-1 Miyake Saeki-ku Hiroshima, Japan
Email:
hyokota@cc.it-hiroshima.ac.jp
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-02-06934-4
PII:
S 0002-9939(02)06934-4
Keywords:
Polynomial Pell's equation
Received by editor(s):
April 3, 2001
Posted:
November 6, 2002
Communicated by:
David E. Rohrlich
Copyright of article:
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2002,
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