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diophantine equation
or Diophantine equation
noun
Mathematics.
- an equation involving more than one variable in which the coefficients of the variables are integers and for which integral solutions are sought.
Diophantine equation
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noun
- (in number theory) an equation in more than one variable and with integral coefficients, for which integral solutions are sought
Diophantine equation
- A type of indeterminate equation in which the coefficients are integers, studied to determine all integral solutions.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of diophantine equation1
1925–30; named after Diophantus, 3rd-century a.d. Greek mathematician; -ine 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of diophantine equation1
C18: after Diophantus , Greek mathematician of the 3rd century ad
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Imagine, for any Diophantine equation of the infinite set of such equations a machine that can tell whether it can be solved.
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Hilbert’s 10th problem, one of the challenges David Hilbert issued to the mathematics community in 1900, asked whether there was a universal algorithm that could look at any Diophantine equation and decide whether it had whole number solutions or not.
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