He showed that, for a squarefree integer n in the equation x-squared minus n y-squared equals one that there are infinitely many x and y.
He showed that, for a squarefree integer n in the equation x-squared minus n y-squared equals one that there are infinitely many x and y. In addition to creating continued fractions to solve Pell's equation, he also published the first proof of Wilson's theorem. He proved that, for any subgroup of a finite group, the order of the (*) subgroup divides the original group, and also created a technique for performing constrained maximization that uses his multipliers. For 10 points, name this French mathematician whose five points in an orbital system are the positions where a body affected only by gravity can remain stationary.
He showed that, for a squarefree integer n in the equation x-squared minus n y-squared equals one that there are infinitely many x and y.
Joseph Louis {Lagrange} or Giuseppe Lodovico {Lagrangia}