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'''<math>a^n + b^n = c^n </math>'''
 
'''<math>a^n + b^n = c^n </math>'''
  
when '''<math>n</math>''' > 2, it does not have no solution in non-zero integers in '''<math>a</math>''', '''<math>b</math>''', and '''<math>c</math>'''.
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and '''<math>n</math>''' > 2, it does not have no solution in non-zero integers in '''<math>a</math>''', '''<math>b</math>''', and '''<math>c</math>'''.
  
 
While I have not had any actual chance to use this theorem, it is still very fascinating that
 
While I have not had any actual chance to use this theorem, it is still very fascinating that
 
a theorem can look so simple yet its proof can remain so elusive for centuries.
 
a theorem can look so simple yet its proof can remain so elusive for centuries.

Revision as of 12:59, 7 September 2008

My favorite mathematical theorem is Fermat's Last Theorem:

If an equation is in the form of

$ a^n + b^n = c^n $

and $ n $ > 2, it does not have no solution in non-zero integers in $ a $, $ b $, and $ c $.

While I have not had any actual chance to use this theorem, it is still very fascinating that a theorem can look so simple yet its proof can remain so elusive for centuries.

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Abstract algebra continues the conceptual developments of linear algebra, on an even grander scale.

Dr. Paul Garrett