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Name:	John Pell
Birth Date:	1611
Death Date:	1685
Nationality:	English
Occupations:	professor, diplomat, vicar

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John Pell wrote or contributed to several useful books on algebra and the study of mathematics itself. He was particularly known for his work on the algebraic equation, first studied by Brahmagupta, y2=ax2 + 1, where "a" is a non-square integer. Pell...

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John Pell (March 1, 1611 – December 12, 1685), was an English mathematician. He was born at Southwick in Sussex, where his father was minister. He was educated at Steyning Grammar School, and entered Trinity College, Cambridge, at the age of...

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