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Chebyshev polynomials and Pell equations over finite fields. (English) Zbl 07361081

In this paper, the author describes the construction of the fundamental solution for the Pell equation over finite fields of characteristic different from 2. The description is given in terms of Chebyshev polynomials.

MSC:

11D09 Quadratic and bilinear Diophantine equations
12E20 Finite fields (field-theoretic aspects)
11T06 Polynomials over finite fields
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References:

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