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id, challengeType, title, forumTopicId
id challengeType title forumTopicId
5900f3ae1000cf542c50fec1 5 Problem 66: Diophantine equation 302178

Description

Consider quadratic Diophantine equations of the form:

x2 Dy2 = 1

For example, when D=13, the minimal solution in x is 6492 13×1802 = 1.

It can be assumed that there are no solutions in positive integers when D is square.

By finding minimal solutions in x for D = {2, 3, 5, 6, 7}, we obtain the following:

32 2×22 = 1
22 3×12 = 1
92 5×42 = 1
52 6×22 = 1
82 7×32 = 1

Hence, by considering minimal solutions in x for D ≤ 7, the largest x is obtained when D=5.

Find the value of D ≤ 1000 in minimal solutions of x for which the largest value of x is obtained.

Instructions

Tests

tests:
  - text: <code>diophantineEquation()</code> should return a number.
    testString: assert(typeof diophantineEquation() === 'number');
  - text: <code>diophantineEquation()</code> should return 661.
    testString: assert.strictEqual(diophantineEquation(), 661);

Challenge Seed

function diophantineEquation() {
  // Good luck!
  return true;
}

diophantineEquation();

Solution

// solution required