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An edition of Fermat's Last Theorem: the story of a riddle that confounded the world's greatest minds for 358 years (1997)

Fermats Gåta

Så löstes världens svåraste matematiska problem

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.9 (18 ratings) ·
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  • 26 Have read

xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution "I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain." With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations. What came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem looked simple; proving it, however, became the Holy Grail of mathematics, baffling its finest minds for more than 350 years.

In Fermat's Enigma--based on the author's award-winning documentary film, which aired on PBS's "Nova"--Simon Singh tells the astonishingly entertaining story of the pursuit of that grail, and the lives that were devoted to, sacrificed for, and saved by it. Here is a mesmerizing tale of heartbreak and mastery that will forever change your feelings about mathematics.

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Fermat's last theorem, mathematics, number theory, elliptic curves, proof, 31.01 history of mathematics, Wiskunde, Theorema van Fermat, History, Fermatsche Vermutung, Beweis, Geschichte, Fermat-Vermutung, New York Times reviewed, Teorema di Fermat, Grand théorème de Fermat, Teorema de Fermat, Studies, Wiles, Andrew

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Andrew Wiles, John Coates, Leonhard Euler, Sam Loyd, Ken Ribet, Pythagoras, Richard Taylor

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Princeton, Cambridge, Alexandria

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El enigma de Fermat
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Le Dernier Théorème de Fermat
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Fermats letzter Satz: Die abenteuerliche geschichte eines mathematischen rätsels
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El Ultimo Teorema de Fermat
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Fermat's enigma: the epic quest to solve the world's greatest mathematical problem
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1997, Walker
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Published in
Stockholm, Sweden
Copyright Date
1997
Translation Of
Fermat's last theorem
Translated From
English

Contributors

Foreword
John Lynch
Translator
Margareta Brogren
Technical Reviewer
David Sjöstrand
Cover Design
Andy Bridge
Cover Design
Tracey Winwood
Cover Design
Arne Öström

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Paperback
Number of pages
351

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OL25826033M
ISBN 10
9172636882
ISBN 13
9789172636880
OCLC/WorldCat
185776850
Wikidata
Q101089235
National Library of Sweden (Libris)
9981033

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