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Excerpt from The Pell Equation Edward Everett Whitford was born in Brookfield, N. Y., January 31, 1865; graduated from Brookfield Academy in 1881; received the degree of A.B. from Colgate University in 1886 and of A.M. in 1890. He taught in Colby Academy, New London, N. H., Keystone Academy, Factoryville, Pa., Shamokin (Pa.) High School, Commercial High School and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. He was principal of Brookfield High School, 1900-1. He is now instructor in mathematics in the College of the City of New York with which institution he has been connected since 1905. He has been a graduate student in Columbia University since February, 1904, and is a member of the American Mathematical Society. The writer takes this opportunity of expressing his thanks to Professor David Eugene Smith for fruitful suggestions and able and helpful criticism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.