Associations to the word «Diophantus»

Wiktionary

DIOPHANTUS, proper noun. (mathematics) A Greek mathematician who first developed algebra

Dictionary definition

DIOPHANTUS, noun. Greek mathematician who was the first to try to develop an algebraic notation (3rd century).

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates