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.

Sunday, August 05, 2007

Newton's Identities: Newton's Purpose

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When Newton came up with his identities , he had a specific goal in mind. Even though his formula can be generalized to work with any degre...
Friday, July 27, 2007

Newton's Identities: Proof of Newton's Formula

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In a previous blog, I talked about Newton's Identities and the formula that Sir Isaac Newton used to generate these identities. In to...
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Monday, July 16, 2007

Newton's Identities: Newton's Formula

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Newton's identities (see here for an introduction to Newton's identities) are relationships between the roots of a cubic polynomial...
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