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, December 30, 2007

Roots of Unity

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For n ≥ 3 , x n = 1 has three or more distinct roots. While (1, -1) were well known during Abraham de Moivre's day. The other roo...
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De Moivre's Famous Formula

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The simple proof of DeMoivre's Formula by Leonhard Euler does not do justice to Abraham de Moivre's important breakthrough on the...
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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Euler's Proof of De Moivre Formula

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De Moivre's Formula is easily proven using induction. The following proof was first given by Leonhard Euler in 1748. Abraham De Moivr...
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Friday, December 21, 2007

Abraham de Moivre

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Abraham de Moivre was born on May 26, 1667 in Champagne, France. His parents were protestants. When in 1685, Louis XIV overturned the Edic...

Roger Cotes' Formulas

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Roger Cotes thoroughly investigated the factorization of x 4 + a 4 . In doing so, he found the following formulas which he presented with...
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