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HOW TO SOLVE A QUADRATIC EQUATION IN RATIONALS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1998

D. W. MASSER
Affiliation:
Mathematisches Institut, Universität Basel, Rheinsprung 21, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
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Abstract

The title alludes to a similar title of the paper [3] by Grunewald and Segal, in which it is shown how to solve a quadratic equation in integers. This latter procedure seems to be quite difficult, and the algorithm outlined in [3] is rather involved, although it is completely effective in the logical sense.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© The London Mathematical Society 1998

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