On a few Diophantine equations, in particular, Fermat's Last Theorem (Q1774375)

This is a well written article whith its purpose being, according to his author, to give the flavour of some known results on the subject of Diophantine equations and to describe a few open problems. It can be read by any mathematically educated person without demanding any special knowledge on his part. The paper starts from the Pythagorean triads and the ``pizza problem'', then it goes on with \(X^2+Y^2=Z^n\) and next with the problem of writing an \(n\)th power as a sum of \(n-1\) non-zero \(n\)th powers when \(n=4,5,6\). Next subject is the finiteness of solutions to parametric Thue equations. Finally, a general, though enlightening for the non-specialist, discussion of Fermat's Last Theorem and related issues follows: \(ABC\) conjecture, Catalan's equation, the Generalized Fermat equation and of course, Wiles's work and modular elliptic curves. A bibliography with 46 items is included.