Bhaskara's lemma
Bhaskara's Lemma is an identity used as a lemma during the chakravala method. It states that:
for integers and non-zero integer .
Proof
The proof follows from simple algebraic manipulations as follows: multiply both sides of the equation by , add , factor, and divide by .
So long as neither nor are zero, the implication goes in both directions. (The lemma holds for real or complex numbers as well as integers.)
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References
- C. O. Selenius, "Rationale of the chakravala process of Jayadeva and Bhaskara II", Historia Mathematica, 2 (1975), 167-184.
- C. O. Selenius, Kettenbruch theoretische Erklarung der zyklischen Methode zur Losung der Bhaskara-Pell-Gleichung, Acta Acad. Abo. Math. Phys. 23 (10) (1963).
- George Gheverghese Joseph, The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics (1975).
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