diophantine analysis

or Diophantine analysis

[ dahy-uh-fan-teen, -tahyn ]

nounMathematics.
  1. any of several methods for finding integral solutions for equations with more than one variable whose coefficients are integers.

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Scientific definitions for Diophantine analysis

Diophantine analysis

[ dī′ə-făntīn′ ]


  1. A collection of methods for determining integral solutions of certain algebraic equations, such as those having two unknown variables.

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