Fermat's Last Theorem

In 1675, Gottfried Leibniz was able to show the following Theorem: Theorem: π/4 = 1 - 1/3 + 1/5 - 1/7 + ... Proof: (1) D(tan -1 x)= 1/(x ...

Recently, I found out about a new Spanish movie coming out called Fermat's Room which gets its inspiration from the ideas of Pierre Fer...

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was born on July 1, 1646 in Leipzig, Saxony which, today, is part of Germany. His father was a professor of moral...

As mentioned earlier, Sir Isaac Newton 's main purpose in coming up with his "identities" (see here for introduction to Newto...

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...

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