A bambanci, yawancin Masarawa na wannan zamanin, da kuma ilimin lissafi na Girka da na Sin a cikin karni na 1 KZ, yawanci suna warware irin waɗannan daidaito ta hanyar hanyoyin lissafi, kamar waɗanda aka bayyana a cikin Rhind Papyrus Mathematical, Euclid's Elements, da kuma The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art. Aikin Helenawa, wanda aka tsara a cikin Elements, ya ba da tsarin don ƙaddamar da tsarin lissafi na musamman a cikin tsarin zamani na lissafi da kuma magance matsalolin algebra, har sai lokacin da Girkawa suka kirkiro wani nau'i na lissafin lissafin lissafi, wanda aka kira Diophantus, wanda ya haifar da wani canji mai yawa a cikin al'adun Girkawa da na Musulunci, inda aka kirkiro jerin lissafin lissafin lissafin lissafi wanda ba a haɗa su da lissafin lissafin lissafi ba.
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