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    Fermat's Last Theorem (sometimes called Fermat's conjecture, especially in older texts) states that no three positive integers a, b, and c satisfy the equation...
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  • The Last Theorem is a 2008 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Frederik Pohl. It was first published in the United Kingdom by HarperVoyager...
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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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  • 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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    formal logic, a theorem is a statement that has been proven, or can be proven. The proof of a theorem is a logical argument that uses the inference rules...
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  • The modularity theorem (formerly called the Taniyama–Shimura conjecture, Taniyama–Shimura–Weil conjecture or modularity conjecture for elliptic curves)...
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  • The problem in number theory known as "Fermat's Last Theorem" has repeatedly received attention in fiction and popular culture. It was proved by Andrew...
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  • 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 as...
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    Fermat's Last Theorem in number theory, which he described in a note at the margin of a copy of Diophantus' Arithmetica. He was also a lawyer at the Parlement...
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    Andrew Wiles (category Fermat's Last Theorem)
    Professor at the University of Oxford, specialising in number theory. He is best known for proving Fermat's Last Theorem, for which he was awarded the 2016 Abel...
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    Sciences for her essay on the subject. Her work on Fermat's Last Theorem provided a foundation for mathematicians exploring the subject for hundreds of...
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    Fermat's last theorem in the case of exponent 3 states that the sum of two non-zero integer cubes does not result in a non-zero integer cube. The first recorded...
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    Forms and Fermat's Last Theorem. New York: Springer. pp. 527–548. ISBN 0-387-94609-8. Goldfeld, Dorian (1996). "Beyond the last theorem". Math Horizons....
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  • In vector calculus, Green's theorem relates a line integral around a simple closed curve C to a double integral over the plane region D (surface in R 2...
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  • theorems: Fermat's Last Theorem, about integer solutions to an + bn = cn Fermat's little theorem, a property of prime numbers Fermat's theorem on sums of two...
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  • in 1640. It is called the "little theorem" to distinguish it from Fermat's Last Theorem. Pierre de Fermat first stated the theorem in a letter dated October...
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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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    Conjecture (category Concepts in the philosophy of science)
    basis without proof. Some conjectures, such as the Riemann hypothesis or Fermat's conjecture (now a theorem, proven in 1995 by Andrew Wiles), have shaped...
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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 the theorem...
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    In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem or Pythagoras' theorem is a fundamental relation in Euclidean geometry between the three sides of a right triangle...
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    In mathematics, the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, also called the unique factorization theorem and prime factorization theorem, states that every...
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    Simon Singh (category Members of the Order of the British Empire)
    Fermat's Last Theorem (in the United States titled Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem), The Code Book...
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  • published in 1670. Even though the text is otherwise inferior to the 1621 edition, Fermat's annotations—including the "Last Theorem"—were printed in this version...
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  • systems, Poincaré–Birkhoff theorem (also known as Poincaré–Birkhoff fixed point theorem and Poincaré's last geometric theorem) states that every area-preserving...
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  • Last Theorem. It was in the process of his deep investigations of the arithmetic of these fields (for prime n) – and more precisely, because of the failure...
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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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  • Geometry (category Pages using sidebar with the child parameter)
    Fermat's Last Theorem, a problem that was stated in terms of elementary arithmetic, and remained unsolved for several centuries. During the 19th century...
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  • find the probability of a cause given its effect. For example, if the risk of developing health problems is known to increase with age, Bayes' theorem allows...
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    conjecture and Fermat's Last Theorem have been tackled. However, the majority are solved via ad-hoc methods such as Størmer's theorem or even trial and error...
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  • proven by 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...
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