1About
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4This Python library for symbolic mathematics is a fork of the `SymPy`_, started
5by Sergey B Kirpichev, last regular `SymPy`_'s commit is :commit:`cbdd072` (22
6Feb 2015).  The git history goes back to 2007.
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8The project was named after the Diophantus of Alexandria.  His
9"Arithmetica" is one of the earliest known texts that use symbols in
10equations.  "Diofant" is a transliteration of Диофант, from Russian.
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12License
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15Unless stated otherwise, all files in the `Diofant`_ project are
16licensed using the new BSD license:
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18.. include:: ../LICENSE.rst
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20.. _SymPy : https://www.sympy.org/
21.. _Diofant : https://diofant.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
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