News Extra - Ancient Document Discovered

Shawn Dolezilek | published Jan, 1999

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First Date of Publication
Jan, 1999
Original Source
Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal
Additional Publication Information
Issue 19
Medium
Short Story
Original Language
English
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Summary: An interesting short tale in which the Roman mathematician Diophantus mysteriously travels through time, and finds himself in a modern-day lecture on "Diophantine equations".

Story Tag Line: “So, how did he come up with that second equation?” “Trial and error. Lots of it…”


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