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Topic: Parametric Pell's Equation and circle
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Re: Parametric Pell's Equation and circle
Posted: Apr 4, 2009 8:13 PM
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Oh, James, it's just astonishing how stupid you are.
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Your parameterization comes down to three observations:
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1) The point (1,0) satisfies your Pell equation.
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2) A line meets a conic in exactly two points.
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3) For each v, there exists a line through (1,0) with slope
1/(-1+f2 v)
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Which of these three observations did you think had gone
unnoticed for the past few millennia?



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