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[Guest]

is it right that the equation

$\displaystyle x^n + y^n = z^n$ is unsolvable for n>2 ?

 

[royhaas]

If $\displaystyle x,y,z$ are integers, this is Fermat's Last Theorem.

 

[Gene]

A couple sites you might find interesting.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/proof/wiles.html
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FermatsLastTheorem.html

 

[galactus]

Has anyone ever perused Wiles' prrof of FLT?. There's probably only a handful of people which can follow it. It looks like ancient cuneiform.

 

[daon]

Has anyone ever perused Wiles' prrof of FLT?. There's probably only a handful of people which can follow it. It looks like ancient cuneiform.

Never saw the proof myself, but I heard the first draft was 100s of pages long.

 

[galactus]

The paper can be found here:

http://www.math.stanford.edu/~lekheng/flt/faltings.pdf


It's fun to look at just for curiosity. Amazing there are brains that fully comprehend it.

 

[daon]

The paper can be found here:

http://www.math.stanford.edu/~lekheng/flt/faltings.pdf


It's fun to look at just for curiosity. Amazing there are brains that fully comprehend it.

Link is broken. Try http://math.stanford.edu/~lekheng/flt/faltings.pdf

I also found this link to an interview with Wiles. Definetly an inspiration for us beginners!

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/proof/wiles.html