Definition:Diophantine Problem
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Definition
A Diophantine problem is a system of Diophantine equations which has more unknowns than it has equations.
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Source of Name
This entry was named for Diophantus of Alexandria.
Sources
- 1992: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): The First Pure Number Puzzles
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Diophantine problem
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Diophantine problem