Number Theory
Fermat's Last Theorem for Amateurs
Author:
Ribenboim, Paulo
Isbn 13:
9780387985084
ISBN: 0387985085
Pub Date:
Feb 1, 1999
Publisher:
Springer Verlag
Shipping Weight: 1.63 pounds
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This book is intended for amateurs, students and teachers. The author presents partial results which could be obtained with exclusively elementary methods. The proofs are given in detail, with minimal prerequisites. An original feature are the ten interludes, devoted to important topics of elementary number theory, thus making the reading of this book self-contained. Their interest goes beyond Fermat's theorem. The Epilogue is a serious attempt to render accessible the strategy of the recent proof of Fermat's last theorem, a great mathematical feat.
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