Fermat equation
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The Diophantine equation $x^n+y^n=z^n$, $n\in \mathbb N$, $x,y\in \mathbb Z$, of which it was fairly recently proved (in 1995) that there are no non-trivial solutions if $n\geq3$ (see, e.g., [a1]).
See Fermat great theorem for an account of affairs before A. Wiles' recent proof [a3].
See Fermat last theorem and [a1] for a sketch of the basic ideas and techniques behind the proof. See also [a1] for related matters such as the generalized Fermat conjecture and the Fermat equation over function fields; see also [a2].
References[edit]
| [a1] | A.J. van der Poorten, "Notes on Fermat's last theorem" , Wiley (1996) |
| [a2] | L. Denis, "Le théorème de Fermat–Goss" Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. , 343 (1994) pp. 713–726 |
| [a3] | A. Wiles, "Modular elliptic curves and Fermat's last theorem" Ann. of Math. , 141 (1995) pp. 443–551 |
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