The Last Theorem

The Last Theorem
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 23
Release: 2008-12-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0007308140

The final work from the brightest star in science fiction’s galaxy. Arthur C Clarke, who predicted the advent of communication satellites and author of 2001: A Space Odyssey completes a lifetime career in science fiction with a masterwork.

Fermat’s Last Theorem

Fermat’s Last Theorem
Author: Simon Singh
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2012-11-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0007381999

‘I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.’

Modular Forms and Fermat’s Last Theorem

Modular Forms and Fermat’s Last Theorem
Author: Gary Cornell
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 592
Release: 2013-12-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1461219744

This volume contains the expanded lectures given at a conference on number theory and arithmetic geometry held at Boston University. It introduces and explains the many ideas and techniques used by Wiles, and to explain how his result can be combined with Ribets theorem and ideas of Frey and Serre to prove Fermats Last Theorem. The book begins with an overview of the complete proof, followed by several introductory chapters surveying the basic theory of elliptic curves, modular functions and curves, Galois cohomology, and finite group schemes. Representation theory, which lies at the core of the proof, is dealt with in a chapter on automorphic representations and the Langlands-Tunnell theorem, and this is followed by in-depth discussions of Serres conjectures, Galois deformations, universal deformation rings, Hecke algebras, and complete intersections. The book concludes by looking both forward and backward, reflecting on the history of the problem, while placing Wiles'theorem into a more general Diophantine context suggesting future applications. Students and professional mathematicians alike will find this an indispensable resource.

Fermat's Last Theorem

Fermat's Last Theorem
Author: Takeshi Saitō
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821898485

This book, together with the companion volume, Fermat's Last Theorem: The Proof, presents in full detail the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem given by Wiles and Taylor. With these two books, the reader will be able to see the whole picture of the proof to appreciate one of the deepest achievements in the history of mathematics.

13 Lectures on Fermat's Last Theorem

13 Lectures on Fermat's Last Theorem
Author: Paulo Ribenboim
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1468493426

Lecture I The Early History of Fermat's Last Theorem.- 1 The Problem.- 2 Early Attempts.- 3 Kummer's Monumental Theorem.- 4 Regular Primes.- 5 Kummer's Work on Irregular Prime Exponents.- 6 Other Relevant Results.- 7 The Golden Medal and the Wolfskehl Prize.- Lecture II Recent Results.- 1 Stating the Results.- 2 Explanations.- Lecture III B.K. = Before Kummer.- 1 The Pythagorean Equation.- 2 The Biquadratic Equation.- 3 The Cubic Equation.- 4 The Quintic Equation.- 5 Fermat's Equation of Degree Seven.- Lecture IV The Naïve Approach.- 1 The Relations of Barlow and Abel.- 2 Sophie Germain.- 3 Co.

Fermat's Last Theorem

Fermat's Last Theorem
Author: Simon Singh
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1998-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781857029222

In 1963 a schoolboy browsing in his local library stumbled across a great mathematical problem: Fermat's Last Theorem, a puzzle that every child can now understand, but which has baffled mathematicians for over 300 years. Aged just ten, Andrew Wiles dreamed he would crack it.

Fermat's Last Theorem

Fermat's Last Theorem
Author: Harold M. Edwards
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2000-01-14
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780387950020

This introduction to algebraic number theory via the famous problem of "Fermats Last Theorem" follows its historical development, beginning with the work of Fermat and ending with Kummers theory of "ideal" factorization. The more elementary topics, such as Eulers proof of the impossibilty of x+y=z, are treated in an uncomplicated way, and new concepts and techniques are introduced only after having been motivated by specific problems. The book also covers in detail the application of Kummers theory to quadratic integers and relates this to Gauss'theory of binary quadratic forms, an interesting and important connection that is not explored in any other book.

Algebraic Number Theory and Fermat's Last Theorem

Algebraic Number Theory and Fermat's Last Theorem
Author: Ian Stewart
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2001-12-12
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 143986408X

First published in 1979 and written by two distinguished mathematicians with a special gift for exposition, this book is now available in a completely revised third edition. It reflects the exciting developments in number theory during the past two decades that culminated in the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. Intended as a upper level textbook, it

The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets

The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets
Author: Simon Singh
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1408835304

From bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, a must-have for number lovers and Simpsons fans

Fermat's Enigma

Fermat's Enigma
Author: Simon Singh
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2017-03-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0525435328

xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution "I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain." With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations. What came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem looked simple; proving it, however, became the Holy Grail of mathematics, baffling its finest minds for more than 350 years. In Fermat's Enigma--based on the author's award-winning documentary film, which aired on PBS's "Nova"--Simon Singh tells the astonishingly entertaining story of the pursuit of that grail, and the lives that were devoted to, sacrificed for, and saved by it. Here is a mesmerizing tale of heartbreak and mastery that will forever change your feelings about mathematics.