- Fermat's last theorem, mathematics, number theory, elliptic curves
xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution "I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain." With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations.
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Earnest, classical in form, resolved and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Simon Singh
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 338
- Publisher
- Grupo Editorial Norma, Yeodioth, Tandem Library
- Editions
- 33
- Language
- Spanish, English, Italian, French
- ISBN
- 9780001054639
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“It was the most important mathematics lecture of the century.”
Simon Lehna Singh, MBE is a British popular science author, theoretical and particle physicist. *--Wikipedia*
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