Gargleblaster.org » fermat http://www.gargleblaster.org Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:34:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Russian Scientist Claims to Have Cracked Fermat’s Theorem http://www.gargleblaster.org/2005/08/24/russian-scientist-claims-to-have-cracked-fermat%e2%80%99s-theorem.html http://www.gargleblaster.org/2005/08/24/russian-scientist-claims-to-have-cracked-fermat%e2%80%99s-theorem.html#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2005 06:41:40 +0000 Merlijn http://www.gargleblaster.org/?p=171 Fermat’s great theorem states that there are no positive integers x, y, and z such that xn + yn = zn in which n is a natural number greater than 2.

A doctor of technical sciences from the Siberian city of Omsk has proved Fermat’s theorem and claims to have a “simple” proof.
In 1995, the English mathematician Andrew Wiles published a proof of this theorem. However, Wiles his proof is beyond the understanding of most mathematicians today whereas Fermat claimed his theorem had a truly marvelous proof. So, math institutes still receive thousands of letters with proofs of Fermat’s theorem.

Well, I know I didn’t understand Wiles’s proof (not that I really tried). However the BBC horizon documentary was fun to watch.
I’m looking forward to have this new proof explained to me.

the story on mosnews.com

The wikipedia on Fermat.

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