Arithmetica (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Arithmetica》(英語表記)Arithmetica
Arithmetica (English spelling)

…Little is known about his life. The known works are Moriastica, which deals with fractional arithmetic, the obscure Porismata, On Polygonal Numbers, which contains geometric proofs on number theory, and his main work Arithmetica (Number Theory). It is this work that has made Diophantus' name immortal. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Arithmetica" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…生涯についてはほとんど知られていない。著作として知られているのは,分数計算を扱った《モリアスティカMoriastica》,内容のよく判明していない《ポリスマタPorismata》,数論についての幾何学的証明を含む《多角形数について》および主著の《アリトメティカArithmetica(数論)》である。ディオファントスの名を不朽のものにしたのはこの主著である。…

※「《Arithmetica》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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