Diophantus

/ ˌdaɪəʊˈfæntəs /

noun

1. Diophantus3rd century3rd centuryMGreekSCIENCE: mathematician 3rd century ad , Greek mathematician, noted for his treatise on the theory of numbers, Arithmetica

Example Sentences

Diophantus of Alexandria used a syncopated algebra in his great work Arithmetica.

From Scientific American

Researchers have been using tools from geometry to tackle the problems, which are named after Diophantus, a third-century Greek mathematician.

From Scientific American

Diophantus did not, however, have access to computers and so could not take the idea very far.

From Economist

The saddest bit of marginalia ever written was scribbled, in 1637, by Pierre de Fermat, in his copy of Diophantus’ ”Arithmetica,” next to an elementary problem of number theory.

From The New Yorker

"It does not lower the price of bread," as Malherbe remarked in speaking of the commentary of Bachet on the great work of Diophantus.

From Project Gutenberg