Pell (disambiguation)
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Pell may refer to:
- PellPellPell is a surname shared by several notable people, listed below chronologically by birth.Born after 1600* English Thomas Pell * England: John Pell ; mathematician, see also Pell's equation...
, a surnameSurnameA surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"... - Pell's World, a fictionFictionFiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
al planetPlanetA planet is a celestial body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.The term planet is ancient, with ties to history, science,...
in American science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh's Alliance-Union universe - Pell's equationPell's equationPell's equation is any Diophantine equation of the formx^2-ny^2=1\,where n is a nonsquare integer. The word Diophantine means that integer values of x and y are sought. Trivially, x = 1 and y = 0 always solve this equation...
, a mathematical equationEquationAn equation is a mathematical statement that asserts the equality of two expressions. In modern notation, this is written by placing the expressions on either side of an equals sign , for examplex + 3 = 5\,asserts that x+3 is equal to 5...
, specifically a kind of DiophantineDiophantineDiophantine means pertaining to the ancient Greek mathematician Diophantus. A number of concepts bear this name:*Diophantine approximation*Diophantine equation*Diophantine set...
equation - Pell (One Piece), a minor character in the Japanese anime One Piece
- Pell GrantPell GrantA Pell Grant is money the federal government provides for students who need it to pay for college. Federal Pell Grants are limited to students with financial need, who have not earned their first bachelor's degree or who are not enrolled in certain post-baccalaureate programs, through participating...
, United States federal education grant program - Pell, a medieval sword fighting practice post