diophantine analysis
or Diophantine analysis
[ dahy-uh-fan-teen, -tahyn ]
/ ˌdaɪ əˈfæn tin, -taɪn /
noun Mathematics.
any of several methods for finding integral solutions for equations with more than one variable whose coefficients are integers.
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Diophantine analysis
[ dī′ə-făn′tīn′ ]
A collection of methods for determining integral solutions of certain algebraic equations, such as those having two unknown variables.
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