Diophantine equation

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  1. 1
    A polynomial equation whose variables are only permitted to assume integer values.

    "1993, Ross Talent, Alf van der Poorten (translation editors), Vladimir G. Sprindžuk, Classical Diophantine Equations, Springer, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1559, page viii, Nevertheless, the fundamental idea of Skolem's method, the reduction of algebraic diophantine equations to exponential equations, has shown exceptional vitality in recent episodes of the theory of diophantine equations."

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"1993, Ross Talent, Alf van der Poorten (translation editors), Vladimir G. Sprindžuk, Classical Diophantine Equations, Springer, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1559, page viii, Nevertheless, the fundamental idea of Skolem's method, the reduction of algebraic diophantine equations to exponential equations, has shown exceptional vitality in recent episodes of the theory of diophantine equations."