Fermat's Last Theorem: Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem

by Amir D. Azcel (Author)

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  1997

  $3.61

  Written by 17th-century mathematician Pierre de Fermat, Fermat's theorem has long puzzled other mathematicians. It states that while a square of a whole number can be broken down into two other squares of whole numbers, the same cannot be done with cubes. In 1995, a British mathematician working at Princeton University claimed to have solved the question. This account examines the theorem from Greeks to modern science.