Thursday, September 01, 2005

Fermat's Last Theorem: n = 5 : Overview

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The proof for Fermat's Last Theorem: n=5 turns out to be more complicated and more difficult than any of the previous proofs. This is p...
Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Sophie's Proof

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Sophie's Proof is the proof discovered by Sophie Germain that later led to the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for n =5. The proof i...
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Fermat's Little Theorem

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Despite its name, Fermat's Little Theorem is one of Pierre de Fermat's most important theorems. Fermat first presented it without p...
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Saturday, August 27, 2005

Sophie Germain

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Sophie Germain was born on April 1, 1776 at the dawn of the French Revolution. Her father was a very successful merchant who was able to avo...
Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Another False Proof: Russian Professor claims to have solved Fermat's Last Theorem

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Today, I learned of a news story that a professor in Russia claims to have solved Fermat's Last Theorem in 3 lines. The story has also ...
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Friday, August 19, 2005

Proof for n=3: Eistenstein Integers: Step Two

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If you are not familiar with Eisenstein Integers, please start here . The details of today's blog are based on an English translation o...
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Friday, July 29, 2005

Proof for n=3: Eisenstein Integers: Step One

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If you are not familiar with Eisenstein Integers, please start here . The details of today's blog are based on an English translation o...
Thursday, July 21, 2005

Proof for n=3: Using Eisenstein Integers

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If you are not familiar with Eisenstein Integers, please start here . The details of today's blog are based on an English translation o...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Eisenstein Integers

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Eistenstein integers are quadratic integers of the form Z[(-1 + √ -3 )/2] . They are named in honor of Ferdinand Eisenstein . For those,...
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