Pell Numbers

It can be proven that there are no integer (whole number) solutions to

pell1

So there are no integer solutions to

Pell2
But can you find positive integer values of a and b that nearly work? That give the answer 1 or -1?

Pell3

Can you find a pattern to all your solutions?

What does a/b give a good approximation to?

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