Little is known about the life of the Greek mathematician Diophantus. However, his work led to one of the greatest mathematical challenges of all time, Fermat's last theorem. Diophantus was born and lived in Alexandria, now in Egypt, which was at the...

While most of the great Greek mathematicians throughout history concentrated on the study of geometry, Diophantus focused on algebra, particularly the solution of algebraic equations. Very little is known about Diophantus' early life; however, it is...

210-290 Greek Mathematician The work of Diophantus is particularly remarkable in light of the time in which it took place. By his era, in the third century A.D., the Roman Empire—of which his hometown, the Greek city of Alexandria in Egypt, was...

Diophantus of Alexandria (Greek: Διόφαντος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς b. between 200 and 214, d. between 284 and 298 AD), sometimes called "the father of algebra", was an Alexandrian mathematician. He is the author of a series of classical...