Fermat's Last Theorem: Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem - Hardcover

Azcel, Amir D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1568580770 ISBN 13: 9781568580777

Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996

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Review:

"Aczel does a superb job...A mathematical bonbon of a book."

"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."

From the Publisher:

The mathematicians' "Longitude"!
"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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1568580770
• ISBN 13: 9781568580777
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200