On a combinatorial expression concerning Fermat's Last Theorem (Q675905)
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On a combinatorial expression concerning Fermat's Last Theorem (English)
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1 September 1997
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It is shown that Fermat's Last Theorem is equivalent to a combinatorial identity involving a finite sum of rank 4, and this identity may be restated as an algebraic proposition asserting the divisibility by a factor \((1-t)\) of a kind of polynomial in \(t\).
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Fermat's last theorem
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combinatorial identity
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divisibility
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