Originally posted by Hand of Hecatei have discovered a truly remarkable truth, but this post is too small to contain it"
Prove this is true :
x^n + y^n = z^n has no non-zero integer solutions for x, y and z when n > 2.
how about proving that for n=2, one of x or y is odd and the other is even, and that x, y and z are coprime?
Originally posted by geniuswritten by Fermat in the margin of a book... the actual proof was never found...
i have discovered a truly remarkable truth, but this post is too small to contain it"
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some have claimed to solve the theorem during the past several years, but I'm not sure it's been definitely proven...
That Fermat was quite the rascal, wasn't he?
Originally posted by TheBloopI think you'll find that it has recently been proved. Still it resisted being proved for 350 something years. It is highly unlikely that Fermat had the proof... punk.
written by Fermat in the margin of a book... the actual proof was never found...
some have claimed to solve the theorem during the past several years, but I'm not sure it's been definitely proven...
That Fermat was quite the rascal, wasn't he?
Originally posted by Hand of HecateThe guy who proved it used math that wasn't around when Fermat came up with his last theorem.
I think you'll find that it has recently been proved. Still it resisted being proved for 350 something years. It is highly unlikely that Fermat had the proof... punk.
I'm inclined to think there is a simpler proof out there, and eventually someone will find it, and future generations will look back on us dummies who couldn't see the obvioius proof in front of them....
(then again, maybe not)