E454 -- De resolutione irrationalium per fractiones continuas, ubi simul nova quaedam et singularis species minimi exponitur

(On the resolution of irrationals by continued fractions, where a certain minor new and singular type is set forth)


Summary:

This paper starts with a review of Pell’s equation and continued fractions. It includes the following problems: According to the records, it was presented to the St. Petersburg Academy on December 3, 1772.

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