Diophantus

= = DIOPHANTUS __ Biography __ · Often known as the “Father “of Algebra. · He has little to no information on his life. · There is many debates on when he actually lived but there are a few clues as to a span of years that he was alive. · We do know: o That he married at 26 o He had a son who died 4 years after he passed away o He lived for 84 years but the dates of life and death are still unknown

Diophantine equations :)



__ His Findings __

· He is most known for his series of books called __Arithmetica__ · He was the first Greek mathematician that concluded fractions were numbers · He advanced in number notation · He also recognized positive rational numbers as coefficients in his equations · Interesting fact: Fermat found that his equation has no solution and Fermat also owned a copy of his series of __Aritmetica__