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Diophantus

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Diophantus [ˌdaɪəʊˈfæntəs]
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(Biographies / Diophantus (3rd century-3rd century) M, Greek, SCIENCE: mathematician) 3rd century ad, Greek mathematician, noted for his treatise on the theory of numbers, Arithmetica
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Noun1.Diophantus - Greek mathematician who was the first to try to develop an algebraic notation (3rd century)


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It appears too by his laws, that he intends to establish only a small state, as all the artificers are to belong to the public, and add nothing to the complement of citizens; but if all those who are to be employed in public works are to be the slaves of the public, it should be done in the same manner as it is at Epidamnum, and as Diophantus formerly regulated it at Athens.
 
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