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Topic: Pell type equations
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Timothy Murphy

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Re: Pell type equations
Posted: Apr 29, 2012 5:37 PM
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Helmut Richter wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Apr 2012, Timothy Murphy wrote:
>
>> Helmut Richter wrote:
>>
>> > It is from another era when the actual handling of equations was the
>> > aim of the algebraists, and not so much the structure of the solution.
>>
>> What exactly (or even vaguely) does that mean?
>
> It has only a vague meaning. It means that I have yet to see an algebra
> book (beyond grammar school level) of the last 70 years where the author
> takes the pain of explaining how to transform equations in order to get
> them solved.

OK, thanks, I see what you mean now.
I was baffled by the phrase "structure of the solution".


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