Brahmagupta's problem
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]
- Brahmagupta
- Indian mathematics
- List of Indian mathematicians
- Pell's equation
- Indeterminate equation
- Diophantine equation
External links[edit]
Weisstein, Eric W. "Brahmagupta's Problem". MathWorld.