Diophantine equation

noun

A polynomial equation whose variables are only permitted to assume integer values.

Meanings

nounDiophantine equation (plural Diophantine equations)

plural Diophantine equations · alternative diophantine equation

  1. mathematicsA polynomial equation whose variables are only permitted to assume integer values.

    2020, Hasan Sankari, Mohammad Abobala, Neutrosophic Linear Diophantine Equations With Two Variables, in Neutrosophic Sets and Systems, Volume 38, University of New Mexico, page 402, The following theorem determines the criteria for the solvability of [a] neutrosophic linear Diophantine equation.

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    1993, Ross Talent, Alf van der Poorten (translation editors), Vladimir G. Sprindžuk, Classical Diophantine Equations, Springer, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1559, page viii, Nevertheless, the fundamental idea of Skolem's method, the reduction of algebraic diophantine equations to exponential equations, has shown exceptional vitality in recent episodes of the theory of diophantine equations.

    Based on lectures he^([Davenport]) gave at the University of Michigan in the early 1960s, this book is concerned with the use of analytic methods in the study of integer solutions to Diophantine equations and Diophantine inequalities.

    2005, Harold Davenport, edited by T. D. Browning, Analytic Methods for Diophantine Equations and Diophantine Inequalities, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, page i

Translations

Catalan equació diofàntica
  • equació diofànticapolynomial equation of integer variables
Chinese Cantonese 丟番圖方程 /丢番图方程
  • 丟番圖方程 /丢番图方程 (diu¹ faan¹ tou⁴ fong¹ cing⁴)polynomial equation of integer variables
Chinese Mandarin 丟番圖方程 /丢番图方程
  • 丟番圖方程 /丢番图方程 (Diūfāntú fāngchéng)polynomial equation of integer variables
Finnish Diofantoksen yhtälö
  • Diofantoksen yhtälöpolynomial equation of integer variables
French équation diophantienne
  • équation diophantiennepolynomial equation of integer variables
German diophantische Gleichung
  • diophantische Gleichungpolynomial equation of integer variables
Hungarian diophantoszi egyenlet
  • diophantoszi egyenletpolynomial equation of integer variables
Italian equazione diofantea, equazione diofantina
  • equazione diofanteapolynomial equation of integer variables
  • equazione diofantinapolynomial equation of integer variables
Japanese ディオファントス方程式
  • ディオファントス方程式polynomial equation of integer variables
Polish równanie diofantyczne
  • równanie diofantycznepolynomial equation of integer variables
Portuguese equação diofantina
  • equação diofantinapolynomial equation of integer variables
Romanian ecuație diofantică
  • ecuație diofanticăpolynomial equation of integer variables
Russian диафа́нтово уравне́ние
  • диафа́нтово уравне́ние (diafántovo uravnénije)polynomial equation of integer variables
Spanish ecuación diofántica, ecuación diofantina
  • ecuación diofánticapolynomial equation of integer variables
  • ecuación diofantinapolynomial equation of integer variables
Swedish diofantisk ekvation
  • diofantisk ekvationpolynomial equation of integer variables
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