Ancient Greek Mathematical Notation

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Greek Mathematical Notation

While reading the CMU FLAC overview, I stumbled upon the above image. While I have seen Greek numerals before, I had no idea that there was an entire algebraic symbology developed in Greek (though this isn't too surprising). To try and find more about this particular notation, I reverse Google Image searched it and found nothing (well, I was greeted to snippets written in the Tengwar, but that's besides the point).

What is this notation? Can you direct me to an overview of the system?

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It's Diophantus. See Heath's explanation of this notation in https://archive.org/details/diophantusofalex00heatiala/page/38/mode/2up?view=theater