Definitions for diophantus
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1. Diophantusnoun

   Greek mathematician who was the first to try to develop an algebraic notation (3rd century)

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1. Diophantusnoun

   A Greek mathematician who first developed algebra

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1. diophantus

   Diophantus was a renowned Hellenistic mathematician, often referred to as "the father of algebra." Living around the 3rd century AD, he is best known for his writings on algebraic equations and the methods to solve them. His famous work, "Arithmetica," is a collection of problems giving numerical solutions to determinate and indeterminate equations. Much of the modern field of algebraic number theory stems from his influential contributions. The term "Diophantine equation" that represents equations which seek integer solutions, is named after him.

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1. Diophantus

   Diophantus of Alexandria, sometimes called "the father of algebra", was an Alexandrian Greek mathematician and the author of a series of books called Arithmetica, many of which are now lost. These texts deal with solving algebraic equations,. While reading Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac's edition of Diophantus' Arithmetica, Pierre de Fermat concluded that a certain equation considered by Diophantus had no solutions, and noted in the margin without elaboration that he had found "a truly marvelous proof of this proposition," now referred to as Fermat's Last Theorem. This led to tremendous advances in number theory, and the study of Diophantine equations and of Diophantine approximations remain important areas of mathematical research. Diophantus coined the term παρισὀτης to refer to an approximate equality. This term was rendered as adaequalitat in Latin, and became the technique of adequality developed by Pierre de Fermat to find maxima for functions and tangent lines to curves. Diophantus was the first Greek mathematician who recognized fractions as numbers; thus he allowed positive rational numbers for the coefficients and solutions. In modern use, Diophantine equations are usually algebraic equations with integer coefficients, for which integer solutions are sought. Diophantus also made advances in mathematical notation.

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1. Diophantus

   a Greek mathematician, born in Alexandria; lived presumably about the 4th century; left works in which algebraic methods are employed, and is therefore credited with being the inventor of algebra.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of diophantus in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of diophantus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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