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THE arithmetical questions treated by Diophantus of Alexandria, who flourished about the year 250 A.D., included such problems as the solution of the equations
History of the Theory of Numbers.
By Prof. L. E. Dickson. Volume II. (Publication No. 256, Vol. II.). Pp. xxvi + 803. (Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1920.) 7.50 dollars.
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B., W. History of the Theory of Numbers . Nature 111, 11 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111011b0
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