/* * pell - solve Pell's equation * * Copyright (C) 1999 David I. Bell * * Calc is open software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under * the terms of the version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation. * * Calc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General * Public License for more details. * * A copy of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License is * distributed with calc under the filename COPYING-LGPL. You should have * received a copy with calc; if not, write to Free Software Foundation, Inc. * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. * * @(#) $Revision: 29.1 $ * @(#) $Id: pell.cal,v 29.1 1999/12/14 09:15:31 chongo Exp $ * @(#) $Source: /usr/local/src/cmd/calc/cal/RCS/pell.cal,v $ * * Under source code control: 1990/02/15 01:50:34 * File existed as early as: before 1990 * * Share and enjoy! :-) http://reality.sgi.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/ */ /* * Solve Pell's equation; Returns the solution X to: X^2 - D * Y^2 = 1. * Type the solution to pells equation for a particular D. */ define pell(D) { local X, Y; X = pellx(D); if (isnull(X)) { print "D=":D:" is square"; return; } Y = isqrt((X^2 - 1) / D); print X : "^2 - " : D : "*" : Y : "^2 = " : X^2 - D*Y^2; } /* * Function to solve Pell's equation * Returns the solution X to: * X^2 - D * Y^2 = 1 */ define pellx(D) { local R, Rp, U, Up, V, Vp, A, T, Q1, Q2, n; local mat ans[2,2]; local mat tmp[2,2]; R = isqrt(D); Vp = D - R^2; if (Vp == 0) return; Rp = R + R; U = Rp; Up = U; V = 1; A = 0; n = 0; ans[0,0] = 1; ans[1,1] = 1; tmp[0,1] = 1; tmp[1,0] = 1; do { T = V; V = A * (Up - U) + Vp; Vp = T; A = U // V; Up = U; U = Rp - U % V; tmp[0,0] = A; ans *= tmp; n++; } while (A != Rp); Q2 = ans[[1]]; Q1 = isqrt(Q2^2 * D + 1); if (isodd(n)) { T = Q1^2 + D * Q2^2; Q2 = Q1 * Q2 * 2; Q1 = T; } return Q1; }