Fermat's Last Theorem: Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem - Softcover
17th-century mathematician, Pierre de Fermat claimed to have solved an old puzzle: that the square of a whole number can be split into 2 other squares of whole numbers - 5 squared equals 4 squared plus 3 squared - but this couldn't be done with cubes. Why not? Fermat's solution was lost, and only recently has a British mathematician been able to solve the puzzle. Amir Aczel tells the fascinating story of this scientific mystery.
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"Aczel maps the strange, beautiful byways of modern mathematical thought in ways the layperson can grasp."
"It employs a staggering range of abstract devices, which Mr. Aczel is a dab hand at explaining: Abelian varieties, Galois representations, automorphic forms, and on and on."
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"For more than three centuries, Fermat's Last Theorem was the most famous unsolved problem in mathematics; here's the story of how it was solved. ...An excellent short history of mathematics, viewed through the lens of one of its great problems -- and achievements." -- "Kirkus Reviews" Slim in size but packed with information on the history and cultures that led, over 2000 years, first to Fermat's Last Theorem and then to its proof just a few years ago.
"For more than three centuries, Fermat's Last Theorem was the most famous unsolved problem in mathematics; here's the story of how it was solved. ...An excellent short history of mathematics, viewed through the lens of one of its great problems -- and achievements." -- "Kirkus Reviews" Slim in size but packed with information on the history and cultures that led, over 2000 years, first to Fermat's Last Theorem and then to its proof just a few years ago.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0140267085
- ISBN 13 9780140267082
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