Diophantus dari Alexandria (bahasa Yunani Kuno: Διόφαντος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς; diyakini lahir antara 201 dan 215 M; wafat pada usia 84 tahun, diyakini antara 285 dan 299 M) adalah seorang matematikawan HelenistikAleksandria. Ia adalah seorang penulis seri buku berjudul Arithmetica, beberapa diantaranya sekarang hilang. Buku tersebut berisi soal pemecahan persamaan aljabar.
Terkadang Diophantus disebut sebagai "bapak aljabar".
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Bacaan tambahan
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Bashmakova, Izabella G. Diophantus and Diophantine Equations. Moscow: Nauka 1972 [in Russian]. German translation: Diophant und diophantische Gleichungen. Birkhauser, Basel/ Stuttgart, 1974. English translation: Diophantus and Diophantine Equations. Translated by Abe Shenitzer with the editorial assistance of Hardy Grant and updated by Joseph Silverman. The Dolciani Mathematical Expositions, 20. Mathematical Association of America, Washington, DC. 1997.
Bashmakova, Izabella G. “Arithmetic of Algebraic Curves from Diophantus to Poincaré,” Historia Mathematica 8 (1981), 393-416.
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