Simple proof of Fermat's last theorem for \(n=4\) (Q1076709): Difference between revisions

A simple proof is given for the following theorem: The equation \(x^ 4+2^ m y^ 4=z^ 4\), where \(m\) is a non-negative integer, has no solutions in odd integers \(x,y,z\). This implies easily Fermat's last theorem for \(n=4\). \{In this connection the reviewer would like to mention that \textit{C. G. Sucksdorff} has studied the Diophantine equation \(2^ m x^ 4\pm 2^ n y^ 4=2^ p z^ 2\) in a paper published in 1851; see p. 629 in \textit{L. Dickson}'s ''History of the theory of numbers'', Vol. II.\}