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Continued Fractions, Jacobi Symbols, and Quadratic Diophantine Equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

R. A. Mollin
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, website: http://www.math.ucalgary.ca/∼ramollin/ e-mail: ramollin@math.ucalgary.ca
A. J. van der Poorten
Affiliation:
School of MPCE Macquarie University Sydney Sydney, N.S.W. 2109 Australia, website: http://www.mpce.mq.edu.au/alf e-mail: alf@mpce.mq.edu.au
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Abstract

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The results herein continue observations on norm form equations and continued fractions begun and continued in the works [1]−[3], and [5]−[6].

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2000

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