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Fermat's Last Theorem: Fermat's Last Theorem: Proof for n=3
Leonhard Euler came up with two proofs for Fermat's Last Theorem: n = 3. One proof involved a very ..... Gauss: Proof that all roots of unity are solvable . ...
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Fermat's Last Theorem: Leonhard Euler
He solved many long standing mathematical problems including the Basel Problem, Fermat's Last Theorem for n=3, and many other of Fermat's unproved theorems ...
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Fermat's Last Theorem: Scipione del Ferro
Scipione del Ferro was the first mathematician to find a solution to the depressed cubic equation which is the equation of the form: ax 3 + bx = c ...
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Fermat's Last Theorem: Depressed Cubic
Scipione del Ferro's great discovery which eventually led to the general solution of the cubic equation was the solution of the depressed cubic equation: ...
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Fermat's Last Theorem: Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss was born on April 17, 1777 to poor, working class ... His father, it is said, did not appreciate Gauss's abilities or his later accomplishments. Gauss is considered to be one of the three greatest mathematicians of ...
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Fermat's Last Theorem: Pell's Equation: The Solution with Reduced ...
In a previous blog, I showed how combining 2x2 matrices with continued fractions can lead to a solution to Pell's Equation (see here). ...
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Fermat's Last Theorem: Wantzel: Constructibility Criterion
The criterion presented in today's blog was known to Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1796 when he presented his criterion for the constructibility of regular ...
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Fermat's Last Theorem: Euclid of Alexandria
Apr 1, 2006 ... Euclid of Alexandria is perhaps the greatest math teacher of all time. His textbook The Elements is the perhaps the most influential math ...
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Fermat's Last Theorem: Eudoxus of Cnidas
Apr 30, 2006 ... Eudoxus's theory is found in Euclid's Elements, Book X, Proposition 1. In Euclid, Eudoxus's Method of Exhaustion is used to show that the ...
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Fermat's Last Theorem: Augustin-Louis Cauchy
Augustin-Louis Cauchy was born on August 21, 1789 in Paris. It was the time of the French Revolution. For a bit, Cauchy's father left Paris but later ...
