The
____________________
and
the
solution
of
____________________
equations
are
of
great
antiquity
.
In
Babylon
____________________
to
solve
met
.
The
result
was
also
found
independently
in
other
____________________
of
the
world
.
In
Greece
,
the
mathematician
Diophantus
of
Alexandria
____________________
a
method
for
solving
such
equations
(
although
the
____________________
gave
only
one
solution
,
even
if
the
two
____________________
are
positive
)
.
Also
mathematician
Abraham
bar
Hiyya
judeoespañol
in
his
Liber
embadorum
discusses
the
____________________
of
these
equation
s
