Fermat’s Last Theorem for Amateurs

DOI10.1007/b97437zbMath0920.11016OpenAlexW2493895485MaRDI QIDQ4231663

Paulo Ribenboim

Publication date: 15 March 1999

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/b97437

zbMATH Keywords

Pythagorean triples\(p\)-adic numberscyclotomic polynomials\(abc\)-conjectureFrey curvesGaussian periodsKummer's theoremFalting's theoremFermat conjectureresultant of polynomialsregular primes\(p\)-adic valuationsLagrange resolventsSophie Germain's theoremAndrew Wiles' proofarithmetical restrictions on hypothetical solutionsconjecture of Taniyamadiophantine equations related to Fermat's theoremfactors of binomialsreformulations and consequences of the truth of Fermat's conjecturesolubility in \(p\)-adic integerssolubility of diagonal congruencestheorem of Adleman-Fouvry-Heath-Brown on the first case of Fermat's conjectureWendt's theoremWieferich's theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Higher degree equations; Fermat's equation (11D41) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to number theory (11-01)

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