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Forty two problems of first degree from diophantus arithmetica the following faculty members have examined the. The problems of book i are not characteristic, being mostly simple problems used to illustrate algebraic reckoning. Find two numbers such that the square of either added to the sum of both gives a square. For example, book ii, problem 8, seeks to express a given square number as the sum of two square numbers here read more. This problem became important when fermat, in his copy of diophantus arith. Diophantus of alexandria arithmetica book i joseph. Find a number whose subtraction from two given numbers. To divide a given square into a sum of two squares. As i was at the end of the chapter about equations linear, quadratic and radical i saw the well known riddle about diophantus s age. Solve problems, which are from the arithmetica of diophantus. Some problems from diophantus arithmetica ucr math.

One of the most famous problems that diophantus treated was writing a square as the sum of two squares book ii, problem 8. As a 15 year old student in the netherlands who loves math, i was just casually going through some problems in my text book. In it he introduced algebraic manipulations on equations including a symbol for one unknown probably following other authors in alexandria. The eighth problem of the second book of diophantus s arithmetica is to divide a square into a sum of two squares. Diophantus of alexandria, arithmetica and diophantine equations. The distinctive features of diophantus s problems appear in the later books. Alternative solution for the diophantus age riddle. Diophantuss arithmetica1 is a list of about 128 algebraic problems with so lutions. Some problems of diophantus franz lemmermeyer december 21, 2003. Thus the problem has been reduced to a linear equation, which. This book features a host of problems, the most significant of which have come to be called diophantine equations.