Department of Mathematics
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Rings and Modules Seminar
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R. Padmanabhan
padman(at)cc(dot)umanitoba(dot)ca
Department of Mathematics
University of Manitoba
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Abstract:
In diophantine geometry, the 2nd degree equations of the form x2 - Dy2 = 1 are known as Pell's equations. In this talk, we show the inter-relations among the group laws on Pell's conics, Brahmagupta's binary law of composition (called bhavana), generating integer solutions to Pell's equation and some applications to diophantine geometry.
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