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Subject: Pell's (Fermat's ?) equations - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 20-Apr-84 16:39:00 EST
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smu!kp    Apr 20 15:39:00 1984


   Consider equations of following type:

             x^2 - d*y^2 = 1   where x, y, d are all positive integers.

  Can you give me the least positive integral solutions in x and y,  
if they exist, for the following equations:

    (1)  X^2 - 961*Y^2 = 1

    (2)  X^2 - 991*Y^2 = 1

             ( Answer next week )