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Computation of Pell Numbers of the Form pX 2

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Algebraic Informatics (CAI 2009)

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We give an algorithm for the computation of Pell numbers of the form \(P_n=px^2,\) where p is prime and \(x \in {ZZ}\).

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  1. Department of Exact Sciences, Technological and Educational Institute of Kavala, 65 404, Kavala, Greece

    Konstantinos A. Draziotis

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  1. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Symeon Bozapalidis

  2. Department of Mathematics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece

    George Rahonis

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Draziotis, K.A. (2009). Computation of Pell Numbers of the Form pX 2 . In: Bozapalidis, S., Rahonis, G. (eds) Algebraic Informatics. CAI 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5725. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03564-7_14

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