In number theory, Fermat's Last Theorem (sometimes called Fermat's conjecture, especially in older texts) states that no three positive integers a, b,...
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Together with Ribet's theorem, it provides a proof for Fermat's Last Theorem. Both Fermat's Last Theorem and the modularity theorem were believed to be...
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Pierre de Fermat, who stated it in 1640. It is called the "little theorem" to distinguish it from Fermat's Last Theorem. Pierre de Fermat first stated...
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Fermat's Last Theorem is a popular science book (1997) by Simon Singh. It tells the story of the search for a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, first conjectured...
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probability, and optics. He is best known for his Fermat's principle for light propagation and his Fermat's Last Theorem in number theory, which he described in...
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1986 that it implies Fermat's Last Theorem. He did this by attempting to show that any counterexample to Fermat's Last Theorem would imply the existence...
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mathematician Pierre de Fermat engendered many theorems. Fermat's theorem may refer to one of the following theorems: Fermat's Last Theorem, about integer solutions...
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as "Fermat's Last Theorem" has repeatedly received attention in fiction and popular culture. It was proved by Andrew Wiles in 1994. The theorem plays...
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Fermat's Last Theorem is a theorem in number theory, originally stated by Pierre de Fermat in 1637 and proven by Andrew Wiles in 1995. The statement of...
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Andrew Wiles (category Fermat's Last Theorem)
Oxford, specialising in number theory. He is best known for proving Fermat's Last Theorem, for which he was awarded the 2016 Abel Prize and the 2017 Copley...
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Proof of Fermat's last theorem may refer to: Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for specific exponents This disambiguation...
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theorem is a statement about the divisibility of solutions to the equation x p + y p = z p {\displaystyle x^{p}+y^{p}=z^{p}} of Fermat's Last Theorem...
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Fermat's Enigma. New York: Anchor Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 978-0-385-49362-8. Wiles, Andrew (1995). "Modular elliptic curves and Fermat's Last Theorem"...
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believed to be true. Fermat's Last Theorem was historically called a theorem, although, for centuries, it was only a conjecture. A theorem is a statement that...
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modern algebra and number theory because of their relation with Fermat's Last Theorem. It was in the process of his deep investigations of the arithmetic...
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dealt with Fermat's Last Theorem. In 1815, after the elasticity contest, the academy offered a prize for a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. It reawakened...
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Marilyn vos Savant (section Fermat's Last Theorem)
proved Fermat's Last Theorem, Savant published the book The World's Most Famous Math Problem (October 1993), which surveys the history of Fermat's Last Theorem...
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Ken Ribet. The proof was a significant step towards the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem (FLT). As shown by Serre and Ribet, the Taniyama–Shimura conjecture...
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Sum of two cubes (section Fermat's last theorem)
2}b+ab^{2}\;-a^{2}b-ab^{2}-b^{3}\\&=a^{3}-b^{3}.\end{aligned}}} Fermat's last theorem in the case of exponent 3 states that the sum of two non-zero integer...
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In additive number theory, Fermat's theorem on sums of two squares states that an odd prime p can be expressed as: p = x 2 + y 2 , {\displaystyle p=x^{2}+y^{2}...
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Conjecture (section Fermat's Last Theorem)
falsity of conjectures of this type. In number theory, Fermat's Last Theorem (sometimes called Fermat's conjecture, especially in older texts) states that...
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theorem of arithmetic Fermat's Last Theorem Blog: Unique Factorization, a blog that covers the history of Fermat's Last Theorem from Diophantus of Alexandria...
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Fermat's right triangle theorem is a non-existence proof in number theory, published in 1670 among the works of Pierre de Fermat, soon after his death...
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became famous as Fermat's Last Theorem. It was not until 1995 that it was proven by the British mathematician Andrew Wiles. In 1657, Fermat attempted to solve...
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particle physicist. His written works include Fermat's Last Theorem (in the United States titled Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest...
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curve from a purported solution to the Fermat equation, that is central to Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. He studied mathematics and physics at...
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German mathematician. In number theory, he proved special cases of Fermat's last theorem and created analytic number theory. In analysis, he advanced the...
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Arthur Wieferich in 1909 in works pertaining to Fermat's Last Theorem, at which time both of Fermat's theorems were already well known to mathematicians. Since...
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threefold Fermat quotient Fermat's difference quotient Fermat's factorization method Fermat's Last Theorem Fermat's little theorem Fermat's method Fermat's method...
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Ken Ribet (category Fermat's Last Theorem)
known for the Herbrand–Ribet theorem and Ribet's theorem, which were key ingredients in the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, as well as for his service...
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