Diophantus shows that he solved quadratic equations by rule, like Heron. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
Random thoughts from another dilettante: MP3 cosies or Diophantus skip to main. From Wordnik.com. [MP3 cosies or Diophantus] Reference
With Pappus and Diophantus the list of original writers on mathematics comes to an end. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
The Arabic “al-jabr” became the Latin “algebra,” the name given to the branch of mathematics Diophantus had founded. From Wordnik.com. [Intelligent Design offers biblical alternative to Darwinian evolution, Dembski says - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Amaranthus, the philosopher, met Hermocles, Diophantus and Philolaus, his companions, one day busily discoursing about Epicurus and. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
But contrary to popular myth, algebra was not an Islamic invention - its rules actually go back to the Greek mathematician Diophantus. From Wordnik.com. [Medieval Sciences in the Islamic World] Reference
Diophantus by the modest testimony of the Arabs themselves. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5] Reference
Alexander said that this letter was a forgery of Diophantus. From Wordnik.com. [The Wars of the Jews; or the history of the destruction of Jerusalem] Reference
Diophantus, a child of some ten years of age, Demetrios 'son by. From Wordnik.com. [Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship] Reference
The germ of the idea is to be found in the works of Diophantus of. From Wordnik.com. [Amusements in Mathematics] Reference
The germ of algebra may be discerned in the works of Diophantus of. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science] Reference
Diophantus was a Greek mathematician who lived in the third century. From Wordnik.com. [Braingle] Reference
Onomarchus, Diophantus proposed that public thanksgivings should be held. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2] Reference
One of these men, Diophantus of Amphitrope by name, obtained a verdict against. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Lives, Volume II] Reference
Nectanebo, however, having obtained the services of two Greek generals, Diophantus, an. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference
Orestes had strangled Diophantus in order that there might be no rival to Orestes 'claims. From Wordnik.com. [Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship] Reference
'Tis Poverty alone, Diophantus, that awakens the arts; Poverty, the very teacher of labour. From Wordnik.com. [Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose] Reference
The son lived exactly one half as long as his father, and Diophantus died four years after his son. From Wordnik.com. [Braingle] Reference
It was unlike anything seen before, and a paradigm shift from the work of the Greek number theorist Diophantus. From Wordnik.com. [physicsworld.com: all content] Reference
Then again you hear the applause that greets the orator Diophantus, as he pronounces the funeral oration of our friend Crato. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01] Reference
After some verses addressed to Diophantus, a friend about whom nothing is known, the poet describes the toilsome life of two old fishermen. From Wordnik.com. [Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose] Reference
T. Heath, Diophantus of Alexandria: A Study in the History of Greek Algebra, 2nd. ed. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
T. Heath, A history of Greek mathematics, Vol. II: From Aristarchus to Diophantus, Dover. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
What we have left of Archimedes Euclid, Diophantus, A |) ollonius Peruaeus, Aristarchus. From Wordnik.com. [The Introductory Lecture of Thomas Cooper, Esq.] Reference
Diophantus formerly regulated it at Athens. From Wordnik.com. [Politics: A Treatise on Government] Reference
But back to Diophantus. From Wordnik.com. [TierneyLab] Reference
MP3 cosies or Diophantus. From Wordnik.com. [MP3 cosies or Diophantus] Reference
Hear lies Diophantus, the wonder behold. From Wordnik.com. [TierneyLab] Reference
Arithmetica Diophantus, 47. From Wordnik.com. [Euclid’s Window] Reference
Diophantus. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Alexandria), and algebra (Diophantus). From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
Diophantus of Alexandria (fl. about A. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
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