Category:Definitions/Named Definitions/Diophantus

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This category contains definitions named for Diophantus of Alexandria.

Mathematician living in Alexandria, Egypt, about whom very little is known.

Author of a series of books called Arithmetica, some of which are now lost, concerning the solution of algebraic equations.

Sometimes referred to as "the father of algebra", but some claim the title should belong to Al-Khwarizmi.

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