Fermat's Last Theorem

The purpose of this blog is to present the story behind Fermat's Last Theorem and Wiles' proof in a way accessible to the mathematical amateur.

Saturday, August 26, 2006

Euler Product Formula

One of the major breakthroughs in Analytic Number Theory came with Leonhard Euler's Product Formula (see Theorem 4 below). Associated...

Friday, August 25, 2006

Regular Primes: Next Steps

Ernst Kummer presented his proof that Fermat's Last Theorem is true for regular primes in April of 1847. This is a brilliant proof th...

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Ideal Numbers: Regular Primes

Today's blog continues the discussion on Ernst Kummer's Theory of Ideal Numbers and his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for Reg...

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Kummer's Proof for Regular Primes: Case II

In today's blog, I continue the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for regular primes . Case II makes the assumption that λ divides z ...

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