[DOC] [TLE] Diophantus - Wikiquote [PAR] As quoted by James Gow, A Short History of Greek Mathematics (1884) ... In the 
circle of Greek mathematicians he stands alone in his specialty. ... Diophantus 
adroitly managed with only one symbol for the unknown quantities and .... and if 
we have made the attempt, and after some vain endeavours read Diophantus' 
own... [DOC] [TLE] Francois Vite: Father of Modern Algebraic Notation [PAR] Vite had a great fascination with mathematics, and used his spare time to study 
this ... the barbari ans, that I considered it necessary, in order to introduce an 
entirely new form into .... For instance, "literal notation made it possible to build up 
a general theory of ... "For unknown quantities [Diophantus] had only one symbol, 
? [DOC] [TLE] Diophantus [PAR] Little is known of his personal life except for an algebraic puzzle rhyme 
determining his ... His major contribution to mathematics is a collection of 13 
books called ... out in words), syncopated (some representative symbols used), 
and symbolic. ... of algebraic writing, in which he could write polynomials in a 
single unknown. [DOC] [TLE] History of mathematical notation - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of mathematical notation includes the commencement, progress, and 
cultural ... Numerical notation distinctive feature, i.e. symbols having local as well 
as .... Greek mathematics greatly refined the methods (especially through the 
introduction ..... His contributions include his use of e to represent the base of 
natural... [DOC] [TLE] A History of Mathematics and Mathematical Astronomy | Gates of ... [PAR] Nov 1, 2003 ... His coat was made of the hide of the domestic goat and he had a bearskin cap 
...... these represent in some sense the culmination of Greek mathematics. ..... 
who first used a symbol for the unknown, but since Diophantus used it so well, ... 
their computational efforts largely in the field of planetary astronomy. [DOC] [TLE] The 100 Greatest Mathematicians [PAR] He developed a recursive method of representing large integers, and was first to 
..... Diophantus was one of the most influential mathematicians of antiquity; he 
wrote ..... His symbol ('shay') for an unknown in an algebraic equation might have 
been ... He made achievements in several fields of mathematics including some... [DOC] [TLE] Arabic mathematics [PAR] In many respects the mathematics studied today is far closer in style to that of the 
... of mathematics except that some Arabic translations of Greek texts were made 
... encouraged learning even more strongly than his father al-Rashid, and he set 
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who made the discovery, a mathematician or statistician ... most of physics and 
chemistry, as well as a few specialties ... But he couldn't be more wrong in his 
recent piece in The ...... presented the following unknown formula for ,. [DOC] [TLE] History Of Math Essay - FreeEssay.com [PAR] History Of Math Mathematics study of relationships among quantities magnitudes 
and properties and of logical operations by which unknown quantities magnitu. ... 
fields, as in algebra. Toward the ... symbol for 1 was written five times to represent 
the number 5, the symbol for 10 was ... Some of his disciples made important [DOC] [TLE] Mathematics and power: an alliance in the foundations of ... - Springer [PAR] May 15, 2014 ... Instead, mathematics itself has, since its very beginning, been a knowledge 
which allows power, represents a specific world view and serves ... 1 Introduction 
... of power, knowledge and subjectivity in various fields of society. ... of others is 
a permanent temptation subverting the efforts made to achieve his... [DOC] [TLE] Unknown Quantity : A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra - Index of [PAR] it, at some distance, the need for a symbolism to represent unknown or arbitrary 
...... have no grounds for thinking that Egyptian mathematics made any notable 
progress from ... an introduction in which Diophantus gives an outline of his 
symbol- ism and methods. .....

Question: Diophantus made this field of math his specialty, introducing symbols to represent unknowns
Answer: algebra