Diophantine

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Diophantine \Di`o*phan"tine\, a.
     Originated or taught by Diophantus, the Greek writer on
     algebra.
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     {Diophantine analysis} (Alg.), that branch of indeterminate


        analysis which has for its object the discovery of
        rational values that satisfy given equations containing
        squares or cubes; as, for example, to find values of x and
        y which make x^{2} + y^{2} an exact square.
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