Paper 1, Section I, I

Number Theory | Part II, 2012

Show that the continued fraction for 13\sqrt{13} is [3;1,1,1,1,6][3 ; \overline{1,1,1,1,6}].

Hence, or otherwise, find a solution to the equation x213y2=1x^{2}-13 y^{2}=1 in positive integers xx and yy. Write down an expression for another solution.

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