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Fermat's enigma
the epic quest to solve the world's greatest mathematical problem
by Simon Singh
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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. What came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem looked simple; proving it, however, became the Holy Grail of mathematics, baffling its finest minds for more than 350 years.
In Fermat's Enigma--based on the author's award-winning documentary film, which aired on PBS's "Nova"--Simon Singh tells the astonishingly entertaining story of the pursuit of that grail, and the lives that were devoted to, sacrificed for, and saved by it. Here is a mesmerizing tale of heartbreak and mastery that will forever change your feelings about mathematics.
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Fermat's last theorem, mathematics, number theory, elliptic curves, proof, 31.01 history of mathematics, Wiskunde, Theorema van Fermat, History, Fermatsche Vermutung, Beweis, Geschichte, Fermat-Vermutung, New York Times reviewed, Teorema di Fermat, Grand théorème de Fermat, Teorema de Fermat, Studies, Wiles, Andrew, Feruma no mondaiPlaces
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Fermat's last theorem: the story of a riddle that confounded the world's greatest minds for 358 years
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Le Dernier Théorème de Fermat
July 31, 2000, J.-C. Lattès, JC Lattès
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Fermats letzter Satz: Die abenteuerliche geschichte eines mathematischen rätsels
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El Ultimo Teorema de Fermat
June 1999, Grupo Editorial Norma
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