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#1 2005-03-13 20:01:34
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Rational Numbers
Show that there are no rational numbers 2x^2 - 3y^2 = 1 but that there are infinitely many rationals x, and y such that 2x^2 - 3y^2 = -1.
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#2 2005-03-14 13:48:52
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Re: Rational Numbers
Luckily, this has been done already here
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
#3 2005-03-14 19:45:44
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Re: Rational Numbers
Hi,
Oh thank you admin!!! thank you so much.. your reply has been so helpful..i really appreciate your help... thanks a lot man.. you really made my life easier.. thank you.....oh.. you do not have any idea how happy you made me... God bless you man... really, i mean it.. and can you tell me where & how you exactly got the answer from???
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