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Diophantus of Alexandria [1] (born c. AD 200 – c. 214; died c. AD 284 – c. 298) was a Greek mathematician, who was the author of two main works: On Polygonal Numbers, which survives incomplete, and the Arithmetica in thirteen books, most of it extant, made up of arithmetical problems that are solved through algebraic equations.
Diophantus was a Greek mathematician, famous for his work in algebra. What little is known of Diophantus’s life is circumstantial. From the appellation “of Alexandria” it seems that he worked in the main scientific centre of the ancient Greek world; and because he is not mentioned before the 4th.
Diophantus was a Greek mathematician sometimes known as 'the father of algebra' who is best known for his Arithmetica. This had an enormous influence on the development of number theory.
Diophantus is known as the father of algebra. Roughly five centuries after Euclid's era, he solved hundreds of algebraic equations in his great work Arithmetica, and was the first person to use algebraic notation and symbolism.
Known for being the ‘father of algebra’, Diophantus was an eminent Alexandrian Greek mathematician. He wrote countless books on the subject of mathematics and the series of books were titled Airthmetica.
Diophantus was a Hellenistic Greek (or possibly Egyptian, Jewish or even Chaldean) mathematician who lived in Alexandria during the 3rd Century CE. He is sometimes called “the father of algebra”.
Diophantus of Alexandria ( Greek: Διόφαντος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς) (c. 214 - c. 298 C.E.) was a Hellenistic mathematician. He is sometimes called "the Father of Algebra," a title he shares with Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi.
May 17, 2018 · In the algebraic treatment of the basic equations, Diophantus, by a sagacious choice of suitable auxiliary unknowns and frequently brilliant artifices, succeeded in reducing the degree of the equation (the unknowns reaching as high as the sixth power) and the number of unknowns (as many as ten) and thus in arriving at a solution.
Diophantus is the only mathematician to use algebraic symbolism before the 15th century. In the Arithmetica, he explains his symbolism—he uses symbols for the unknown (corresponding to the modern x) and its powers, positive or negative, as well as for some arithmetic operations.
In Arithmetica, Diophantus is the first to use symbols for unknown numbers as well as abbreviations for powers of numbers, relationships, and operations; [13] thus he used what is now known as syncopated algebra.
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