KnowraDiophantusLinked fromLinked fromThe 13 pages that link to Diophantus, each with the reason it gives.All 13Related 12Narrower topic 1Diophantine equationRelated: His name became attached to equations whose solutions are restricted to integers or rationals.AlgebraRelated: His Arithmetica used abbreviated symbols in problems now associated with algebra.Negative numberRelated: His treatment of subtraction and negative results illustrates early resistance to negative solutions.HypatiaRelated: Ancient sources associate Hypatia with work on Diophantus’s mathematical text.Pythagorean tripleRelated: His work helped establish the tradition of studying equations with integer solutions.François VièteRelated: Viète studied Diophantus’s problem-solving tradition and extended its use of abbreviated notation.History of algebraRelated: His abbreviated notation marks a transition from rhetorical toward syncopated algebra.Algebraic notationRelated: His syncopated algebra used abbreviations between rhetorical and fully symbolic writing.Infinite descentRelated: Fermat’s descent arose in engagement with Diophantine problems and readings of the Arithmetica.Rhetorical algebraRelated: His abbreviated notation marks a transition beyond fully rhetorical algebra.Euler's four-square identityNarrower topic: Questions about representing integers by squares reach back to Diophantine arithmetic.Abu KamilRelated: Diophantus’s problem-solving tradition forms part of the earlier context for Abu Kamil’s algebra.Brahmagupta–Fibonacci identityRelated: Related composition methods appear in the arithmetic tradition associated with his problems.