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Mickey1
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I, retired physicist (working with high level radioactive waste regulation) and now amateur mathematician, have been looking at solutions for the Pell equation
x*x-D*y*y=1, and I have in particular looked at the case D=n*n-3 which
contains solutions with high values for x and y, such as for D=61.
My simple studies have led me to formulate the following conjecture:
When D in Pell’s equation x*x-D*y*y=1 is
1) of the form n*n-3, and
2) a prime number
then
x+1 contains a set of factors which
a) includes D and
b) includes one or more factors from y twice, i.e. in a squared form.
For instance: x and y are the solution of x2-397y2=1 [x=838 721 786
045 180 184 649, y= 42 094 239 791 738 438 433 660] and
X+1 has the factors 2, 5^2, 17^2, 37^2, 173^2, 397, 1889^2, and
y the factors 2^2, 3^3, 5, 17, 37, 173, 383, 1 889, 990 151, of
which 5 appear as squares in x.
My idea is that if z=x+1 and (z-1)*(z-1)-Dy=1, then z*z-2z-Dy=0 and it
is possible to eliminate both D and more factors from the terms in the
equation, thereby revealing simpler relations between smaller terms.
(I also nourish a hope to find a general solution which will give me
the lowest solution, in additions to the other techniques that are
reported).
Is this something that you can prove false, or is it correct, perhaps
a well known fact?
Thank you for any comments you might have.
x*x-D*y*y=1, and I have in particular looked at the case D=n*n-3 which
contains solutions with high values for x and y, such as for D=61.
My simple studies have led me to formulate the following conjecture:
When D in Pell’s equation x*x-D*y*y=1 is
1) of the form n*n-3, and
2) a prime number
then
x+1 contains a set of factors which
a) includes D and
b) includes one or more factors from y twice, i.e. in a squared form.
For instance: x and y are the solution of x2-397y2=1 [x=838 721 786
045 180 184 649, y= 42 094 239 791 738 438 433 660] and
X+1 has the factors 2, 5^2, 17^2, 37^2, 173^2, 397, 1889^2, and
y the factors 2^2, 3^3, 5, 17, 37, 173, 383, 1 889, 990 151, of
which 5 appear as squares in x.
My idea is that if z=x+1 and (z-1)*(z-1)-Dy=1, then z*z-2z-Dy=0 and it
is possible to eliminate both D and more factors from the terms in the
equation, thereby revealing simpler relations between smaller terms.
(I also nourish a hope to find a general solution which will give me
the lowest solution, in additions to the other techniques that are
reported).
Is this something that you can prove false, or is it correct, perhaps
a well known fact?
Thank you for any comments you might have.