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From: kp@smu.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Pell's Equation (Solution) - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 27-Apr-84 16:01:00 EDT
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smu!kp    Apr 27 15:01:00 1984

  
    It is rather surprising that your algorithm did not take care of
special case: if "d" is a perfect square then there are no solutions
in positive integers for the Pell's equation!
                        - KP -
                             Dept of Computer Science
                       (Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX)