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A Note on Fermat’s Theorem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

Louis Long
Louis Long*
Affiliation:
Fair-View House, Stratton-on-the-Fosse
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Abstract

It was conjectured by Fermat that if n > 2, the equation has no solution in positive integers. If n is composite, say n = lm, the equation implies Am + Bm = Cm, where A = al, etc. So the insolubility of the equation with exponent m ensures the insolubility of the equation with exponent n.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 44 , Issue 350 , December 1960 , pp. 261 - 262
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1960

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