Diophantus of Alexandria

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urn:cite:perseus:author.518
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tlg2039
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LCCN n 82149799
Name:
Diophantus of Alexandria
Abbr:
Dioph.
Alt names:
Διοφαντός, ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς
Diophantus, Alexandrinus
Diofanto, de Alejandría
Diofanto, di Alessandria
Diophante, d'Alexandrie
Diophantos, von Alexandreia
Diophant, von Alexandrien
Diofantos
Diofant, d'Alexandria
Diofant, Aleksandriĭskiĭ
Diyūfanṭus, of Alexandria
Diophanes
Diophane
Diophantes
Diophantus, Mathematicus
Dioph.
Field of activity:
Mathemetician
Notes:
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition, pg. 142
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 1, 1867, p. 1051-1051: "Diophantus, the only Greek writer on Algebra,
Brill's New Pauly: "Diophantus, Greek mathmetician,worked in Alexandria...He must have lived after Hypsicles and before Theon of Alexandria
it is generally assumed that his akmḗ was c. AD 250... D.' sprincipal work is the 13 books of the Ἀριθμητικά (Arithmētiká), six books of which have been preserved in Greek... and four books (presumed to be the original bks 4-7) have only been preserved in the Arabic translation...." Folkerts, Menso (München). "Diophantus." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and
Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2010. Brill Online.
Encycl. Brit. (Diophantus of Alexandria, fl. A.D. 250)
Oxford class. dict. (Diophantus of Alexandria)
Papyros-Larous. (Diophantos)
Bashmakova, I. G. Istorii︠a︡ diofantova analiza ot Diofanta do Ferma, 1984: verso t.p. (Diofanta Aleksandriĭskogo)
Stevin, S. L'arithmetique, 1625: p. 12, 1st set (Diophante d'Alexandrie)
Author info:
Wikipedia
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Smith's Dictionary
 

Works Currently Cataloged

Arithmeticorum libri sex
De polygonis numeris
Fragmentum [Sp.] --(e cod. Paris. suppl. gr. 387, fol. 181r)
Fragmentum [Sp.] (e cod. Paris. 453)
Fragmentum [Sp.] (e cod. Paris. gr. 2448)