Diophantus — Diophantus, griech. Mathematiker, lebte um 250 n. Chr. in Alexandria; schrieb: »Arithmetica« (in 13 Büchern, von denen sechs und ein Teil des siebenten erhalten, hg. von Tannery 1893 95; deutsch 1821), über Polygonalzahlen u.a., untersuchte… … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Diophantus — Diophantus, griech. Mathematiker aus dem 4. Jahrh. nach Chr., der einzige, der über Algebra schrieb, welche den Griechen älterer Zeit so gut wie unbekannt war. Die Araber übersetzten und benützten sein Werk; uns sind von seinen 13 Büchern über… … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Diophantus — For the general, see Diophantus (general). Title page of the 1621 edition of Diophantus Arithmetica, translated into Latin by Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac. Diophantus of Alexandria (Greek: Διόφαντος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς XD. b. between 200 and 214… … Wikipedia
DIOPHANTUS — I. DIOPHANTUS Archon Athenis, Olymp. 96. An. 2. II. DIOPHANTUS Atheniensis, mercenariorum Nectanebo, Aegypti Rege militantium e Graecia, Dux, Diod. l. 16. III. DIOPHANTUS Lacedaemonius, condidit libros Antiquitatum 14. teste Fulgentio Mithol. l.… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Diophantus II.VIII — Diophantus II.VIII: Intersection of the line CB and the circle gives a rational point (x0,y0). The eighth problem of the second book of Diophantus s Arithmetica is to divide a square into a sum of two squares. Contents … Wikipedia
Diophantus (crater) — The craters Delisle (above) and Diophantus (below) from Apollo 15. NASA photo. Coordinates … Wikipedia
Diophantus of Alexandria — ▪ Greek mathematician flourished c. AD 250 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… … Universalium
Diophantus (general) — For the mathematician, see Diophantus. Diophantus (Greek: Διόφαντος), son of Asclepiodorus, of Sinope, was a general in the service of Mithridates VI of Pontus. Diophantus was active in Mithridates campaigns in the Bosporan Kingdom and elsewhere… … Wikipedia
Diophantus of Alexandria — (fl. 250) Greek mathematician Diophantus was one of the outstanding mathematicians of his era but almost nothing is known of his life and his writings survive only in fragmentary form. His most famous work was in the field of number theory and of … Scientists
Diophantus — noun A Greek mathematician who first developed algebra … Wiktionary
