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.

Monday, February 04, 2008

Gauss: Periods of Cyclotomic Equations

In today's blog, I show some major results from Carl Friedrich Gauss in his analysis of periods of cyclotomic equations. These results...

Sunday, February 03, 2008

Gauss: σ notation

In today's blog, I present a mapping notation σ(f) that I will use in proofs about periods of cyclotomic equations. I will talk in mor...

Friday, February 01, 2008

Gauss: Q(μ_p)

In today's blog, I will review some basic properties of Q(μ p ) which is the set of complex numbers which are rational expressions in t...

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Eisenstein: Criteria for Irreducibility of Polynomials

In today's blog, I will go over a classical result from Ferdinand Eisenstein . The content in today's proof is taken directly from ...

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