Diophantus of Alexandria

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Diophantus of Alexandria was an ancient Greek mathematician, often called the "father of algebra," known for his pioneering work on algebraic equations and number theory.

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instanceOf ancient Greek mathematician ⓘ
person ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Diophantus ⓘ
Διόφαντος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς ⓘ
approximateDeathCentury 3rd century ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Library of Alexandria ⓘ
birthPlace Alexandria ⓘ
Ptolemaic Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom
citizenship Ptolemaic Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom
commemoratedIn history of mathematics literature ⓘ
culture Greek ⓘ
era Hellenistic period ⓘ
field algebra ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
number theory ⓘ
floruit 3rd century ⓘ
around 250 CE ⓘ
historicity details of life largely unknown ⓘ
honorificTitle father of algebra ⓘ
influenced Joseph-Louis Lagrange ⓘ
Leonhard Euler ⓘ
Pierre de Fermat ⓘ
development of algebra in the Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
influencedBy earlier Greek arithmetic traditions ⓘ
inHistoriography considered a key figure in the history of algebra ⓘ
knownFor influence on later development of algebra ⓘ
introduction of syncopated algebraic notation ⓘ
study of rational solutions of equations ⓘ
systematic study of algebraic equations ⓘ
legacy Diophantine analysis ⓘ
Diophantine equations named after him ⓘ
method algebraic problem solving by examples ⓘ
use of symbols for unknowns and powers ⓘ
name Diophantus of Alexandria ⓘ
notableWork Arithmetica ⓘ
originalBooksCount thirteen books of Arithmetica ⓘ
referencedIn Fermat's marginal note on Arithmetica ⓘ
studied equations with integer solutions ⓘ
equations with rational solutions ⓘ
survivingWorks six books of Arithmetica ⓘ
textLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
topicOf Diophantine equations ⓘ
Diophantine geometry ⓘ
workSubject algebraic equations ⓘ
indeterminate equations ⓘ
number theory ⓘ

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Diophantine approximation → namedAfter → Diophantus of Alexandria ⓘ
Thomas Heath → studied → Diophantus of Alexandria ⓘ
Hellenistic mathematics → notableMathematician → Diophantus ⓘ
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Diophantine equations → namedAfter → Diophantus of Alexandria ⓘ
Diophantus of Alexandria → name → Diophantus of Alexandria ⓘ
Diophantus of Alexandria → alsoKnownAs → Diophantus ⓘ
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Diophantus of Alexandria → alsoKnownAs → Διόφαντος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς ⓘ
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