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单词 diophantine
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Diophantineadj.

Brit. /dʌɪə(ʊ)ˈfantʌɪn/, /dʌɪə(ʊ)ˈfantᵻn/, U.S. /ˌdaɪəˈfænˌtaɪn/, /ˈdaɪəˌfænˌtaɪn/
Etymology: < proper name Diophantus + -ine suffix1.
Mathematics.
Of or pertaining to Diophantus of Alexandria, a celebrated mathematician, who flourished in the fourth century; spec. applied to problems involving indeterminate equations, and to a method of solving these ( Diophantine analysis) attributed to him.
ΚΠ
1700 Gregory in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 321 The resolution of the indetermined arithmetical or Diophantine problems.
1811 P. Barlow (title) An Elementary Investigation of the Theory of Numbers, with its application to the indeterminate and diophantine analysis.
1888 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 794 She solves a diophantine problem.
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