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5 dni temu · Diophantus's riddle is a poem that encodes a mathematical problem. In verse, it read as follows: 'Here lies Diophantus,' the wonder behold.
7 lip 2022 · To decipher this tricky riddle, you’ll have to put your algebra skills to the test. Here is the solution.
The sixth-century Greek puzzle-poem regarding Diophantus, himself a third-century Greco-Egyptian mathematician: explanation, set-up, and solution.
An Ancient Riddle. This is surely the ultimate mathematical riddle and most probably the first. It is about the life of Diophantus, the father of algebra, who lived in the second century. It comes from a fifth century Greek anthology of number games and puzzles created by Metrodorus.
28 wrz 2022 · Classic Problem. This tomb holds Diophantus. Ah, how great a marvel! the tomb tells scientifically the measure of his life. God granted him to be a boy for the sixth part of his life, and adding a twelfth part to this, he clothed his cheeks with down; He lit him the light of wedlock after a seventh part,
24 maj 1999 · Diophantus' Riddle. ``Diophantus' youth lasts 1/6 of his life. He grew a beard after 1/12 more of his life. After 1/7 more of his life, Diophantus married. Five years later, he had a son. The son lived exactly half as long as his father, and Diophantus died just four years after his son's death.
