Fermat and the difference of two squares

DOI10.1017/S0025557200005118MaRDI QIDQ5278003zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Stan Dolan

Publication date 12 July 2017

Published in The Mathematical Gazette (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025557200005118

zbMATH Keywords

congruent number problemFermat's last theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Higher degree equations; Fermat's equation (11D41)

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