arXiv math/03112962003-11-18math.NTmath.HO

Higher Descent on Pell Conics II. Two Centuries of Missed Opportunities

Franz Lemmermeyer

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We discuss the history of attempts to solve the Pell equation using certain auxiliary equations that correspond, in modern terminology, to a second 2-descent.

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