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  2. Fermat's Last Theorem - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, Fermat's Last Theorem could be proved for all n if it could be proved for n = 4 and for all odd primes p. In the two centuries following its conjecture (1637–1839), Fermat's Last Theorem was proved for three odd prime exponents p = 3, 5 and 7.

  3. Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem - Wikipedia

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    Fermat's Last Theorem, formulated in 1637, states that no three positive integers a, b, and c can satisfy the equation + = if n is an integer greater than two (n > 2).. Over time, this simple assertion became one of the most famous unproved claims in mathematics.

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

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    Fermat's Last Theorem is a theorem in number theory, originally stated by Pierre de Fermat in 1637 and proven by Andrew Wiles in 1995. The statement of the theorem involves an integer exponent n larger than 2.

  5. Pierre de Fermat - Wikipedia

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    He invented a factorization method—Fermat's factorization method—and popularized the proof by infinite descent, which he used to prove Fermat's right triangle theorem which includes as a corollary Fermat's Last Theorem for the case n = 4. Fermat developed the two-square theorem, and the polygonal number theorem, which states that each ...

  6. Fermat's Last Theorem (book) - Wikipedia

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    Fermat's Last Theorem is a popular science book (1997) by Simon Singh.It tells the story of the search for a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, first conjectured by Pierre de Fermat in 1637, and explores how many mathematicians such as Évariste Galois had tried and failed to provide a proof for the theorem.

  7. Portal:Mathematics/Selected article/16 - Wikipedia

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    Fermat's Last Theorem is one of the most famous theorems in the history of mathematics. It states that: It states that: a n + b n = c n {\displaystyle a^{n}+b^{n}=c^{n}} has no solutions in non-zero integers a {\displaystyle a} , b {\displaystyle b} , and c {\displaystyle c} when n {\displaystyle n} is an integer greater than 2.

  8. Algebraic number theory - Wikipedia

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    Fermat's Last Theorem was first conjectured by Pierre de Fermat in 1637, famously in the margin of a copy of Arithmetica where he claimed he had a proof that was too large to fit in the margin. No successful proof was published until 1995 despite the efforts of countless mathematicians during the 358 intervening years.

  9. 1637 in science - Wikipedia

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    The year 1637 in science and technology involved some ... Pierre de Fermat conjectures Fermat's Last Theorem. ... This page was last edited on 16 June ...