diophantine geometry

English

Alternative forms

• Diophantine geometry

Noun

diophantine geometry

1. (mathematics) A developing branch of mathematics in which techniques of algebraic geometry are applied to number theory (specifically the theory of Diophantine equations), in particular being concerned with algebraic varieties over fields that are finitely generated over their prime fields and over local fields.
   • 2000, A. Baker, G. Wüstholz, “Number Theory, Transcendence and Diophantine Geometry in the Next Millennium”, in V. Arnold, M. Atiyah, P. Lax, B. Mazur, editors, Mathematics: Frontiers and Perspectives, American Mathematical Society, page 1:

     In this article, we shall recall how transcendence and diophantine geometry have grown into beautiful and far-reaching theories which now enhance many different aspects of mathematics, and we shall describe some of the principal problems that have emerged as a consequence of wide-ranging research in the field.

   • 2009, Joseph H. Silverman, The Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves, 2nd edition, Springer, page 41:

     This reflects the general principle in Diophantine geometry that in attempting to study any significant problem, it is essential to have a thorough understanding of the geometry before one can hope to make progress on the number theory.

   • 2012, Yves Aubry, Christophe Ritzenthaler, Alexey Zykin, editors, Arithmetic, Geometry, Cryptography and Coding Theory: 13th Conference, American Mathematical Society, page vii:

     The topics of the talks extended from algebraic number theory to diophantine geometry, curves and abelian varieties over finite fields and applications to codes, boolean functions or cryptography.

Translations

branch of mathematics

See also

• arithmetic geometry

Further reading

• Glossary of arithmetic and diophantine geometry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Diophantine equation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Diophantine geometry on Encyclopedia of Mathematics