Fermat's Last Theorem

In his life, Pierre de Fermat only left one proof in relation to number theory . He used his method of infinite descent to show that the a...

Pierre de Fermat was very proud of his technique known as Infinite Descent. He wrote that this method "will lead to marvelous advancem...

OK, here's the solution for Diophantus's problem of determining the solution for: x 2 + y 2 = z 2 (1) We know that we can assume ...

In the last blog, I spoke about Diophantus's problem : to divide a square into the sum of two smaller squares. In other words, to find s...

When Fermat wrote his note in the margin, he was making a comment on the problem of determining Pythagorean Triples. In Book II, Problem 8 o...

When Fermat made his famous note in the margin, he was making a comment on a problem from Diophantus of Alexandria . While Fermat is today c...

Pierre de Fermat published very little in his lifetime, and yet by most accounts, he is considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians...

For this blog, I assume that everyone is familiar with exponents. If you are not, here is an introduction . Fermat's Last Theorem states...

Fermat's Last Theorem is one of the most famous math problems of all time. When Andrew Wiles proposed that he had a solution, it was fr...

I have long been fascinated by Fermat's Last Theorem and greatly excited by Andrew Wiles' proof. I have wanted for a long time to ex...