By Ad Meskens
This booklet bargains a accomplished examine of Diophantos’ Arithmetika, a different publication in the recognized Greek mathematical corpus whose writer, Diophantos, is an enigmatic determine. It info the constitution, contents and arithmetic of the Arithmetika.
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