狄方廷

DíFāngtíng

proper noun #31,389

Meanings

1 Diophantine (transliteration of the Greek name Diophantus)
2 occasionally used in subtitles for Western surnames containing 'Difontaine/Defontaine'

Characters

surname; ancient northern tribe

square; direction

Examples

HSK 4

他研究了多年的狄方廷问题。

Tā yánjiū le duōnián de Dífāngtíng wèntí.

He has studied Diophantine problems for many years.

HSK 7-9

狄方廷方程是数论中的重要课题。

Dífāngtíng fāngchéng shì shùlùn zhōng de zhòngyào kètí.

Diophantine equations are an important topic in number theory.

Tips

usage

A rare transliteration. Most often a learner sees 狄方廷 as the Chinese rendering of Diophantus / 'Diophantine' (狄方廷方程 = Diophantine equation), referring to the 3rd-century Greek mathematician Diophantus of Alexandria. Modern math texts more often write 丢番图.

Stroke Order

狄 dí

方 fāng

廷 tíng