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17th or 18th century use of the continued fraction expansion of $(1 + \sqrt D)/2$ to solve t...

Can someone please provide an early reference to the use of the continued fraction expansion of $\frac{1+\sqrt D}2$ to solve the Diophantine equation $x^2 - D y^2 = 4$ for a positive integer $D$ congr …
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