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  2. Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for specific exponents

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    Consider any primitive solution (x, y, z) to the equation x n + y n = z n. The terms in (x, y, z) cannot all be even, for then they would not be coprime; they could all be divided by two. If x n and y n are both even, z n would be even, so at least one of x n and y n are odd. The remaining addend is either even or odd; thus, the parities of the ...

  3. Exponentiation - Wikipedia

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    This definition of exponentiation with negative exponents is the only one that allows extending the identity + = to negative exponents (consider the case =). The same definition applies to invertible elements in a multiplicative monoid , that is, an algebraic structure , with an associative multiplication and a multiplicative identity denoted 1 ...

  4. Exponentiation by squaring - Wikipedia

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    Exponentiation by squaring can be viewed as a suboptimal addition-chain exponentiation algorithm: it computes the exponent by an addition chain consisting of repeated exponent doublings (squarings) and/or incrementing exponents by one (multiplying by x) only. More generally, if one allows any previously computed exponents to be summed (by ...

  5. Tetration - Wikipedia

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    In 2017, it was proven [15] that there exists a unique function F which is a solution of the equation F(z + 1) = exp(F(z)) and satisfies the additional conditions that F(0) = 1 and F(z) approaches the fixed points of the logarithm (roughly 0.318 ± 1.337i) as z approaches ±i∞ and that F is holomorphic in the whole complex z-plane, except the ...

  6. Exponential function - Wikipedia

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    Exponential functions with bases 2 and 1/2. In mathematics, the exponential function is the unique real function which maps zero to one and has a derivative equal to its value. . The exponential of a variable ⁠ ⁠ is denoted ⁠ ⁡ ⁠ or ⁠ ⁠, with the two notations used interchangeab

  7. Beal conjecture - Wikipedia

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    To illustrate, the solution + = has bases with a common factor of 3, the solution + = has bases with a common factor of 7, and + = + has bases with a common factor of 2. Indeed the equation has infinitely many solutions where the bases share a common factor, including generalizations of the above three examples, respectively

  8. Algebra - Wikipedia

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    The goal of these steps is usually to isolate the variable one is interested in on one side, a process known as solving the equation for that variable. For example, the equation x − 7 = 4 {\displaystyle x-7=4} can be solved for x {\displaystyle x} by adding 7 to both sides, which isolates x {\displaystyle x} on the left side and results in ...

  9. Pascal's pyramid - Wikipedia

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    The exponent of one of the variables remains unchanged (B in this case) and can be ignored. For the other two variables, one exponent increases by 1 and one exponent decreases by 1. The exponents of A are 3 and 2 (the larger being in the left term). The exponents of C are 0 and 1 (the larger being in the right term).