Health: 200 A.D.

Time of death: AD 284.

Health:

In 200 ad

Pawn:

In 284 ad

Nationality:

Ancient Greeks

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Diophantine, a Greek, has been engaged in mathematical research in Alexandria for a long time. It was moderns of Alexandria, and many new mathematical concepts were formed at that time. Because other mathematicians are rarely mentioned in Diophantu's works, it is difficult for us to judge his exact date of birth and death from his works, and there are not many records about his life.

Diophantine (about 246 ~ 330 BC) is considered as the founder of algebra. He is an ancient Greek, and his life story has not been recorded and handed down. Today, we call the indefinite equation with integral coefficients "Diophantine equation" and discuss its integer solution or rational number solution.

Diophantine, a Greek mathematician, has made outstanding contributions to quadratic equations, and compiled and catalogued the algebraic achievements completed by Greeks, and is known as the originator of algebra. Since the Pythagorean school of Greek mathematics, the focus of mathematics has always been geometry. They think that only propositions proved by geometry are reliable. For the sake of logical rigor, algebra also puts on the coat of geometry. All algebraic problems, even the solution of simple linear equations, are included in the geometric model. It was not until Diophantine that algebra was liberated from the bondage of geometry. He thinks that algebraic method is more suitable for solving problems than geometric deductive statement, and the high originality and originality shown in the process of solving problems are unique in Greek mathematics. It is called "the father of algebra" by later generations, and it really deserves it.

His arithmetic is a great masterpiece, which has a great influence on history and later number theory scholars, comparable to Euclid's The Elements. Arithmetic studies number theory, discusses linear, quadratic and individual cubic equations, and some indefinite equations.

The arithmetic of Diophantine is about number theory. It discusses linear, quadratic and individual cubic equations, and a large number of indefinite equations. Now, for indefinite equations with integral coefficients, if only integer solutions are considered, such equations are called Diophantine equations, which is a branch of number theory. But don't solve Diophantine as an integer, just seek a positive rational number.

From another perspective, arithmetic can also be classified as algebra. Algebra is different from other disciplines in that it introduces unknowns and operates them. Diophantine arithmetic can be regarded as algebra in introducing unknowns, creating symbols of unknowns and establishing equations (although there is no modern equation form).

For indefinite equations with integral coefficients, if only integer solutions are considered, such equations are called Diophantine equations and are a branch of number theory. But Diophantine does not seek an integer solution, but only a correct understanding. Algebra is different from other disciplines in that it involves unknowns and operates on them. Introducing unknowns, creating symbols of unknowns and constructing the ideological system of equations, arithmetic can be regarded as the origin of algebra.