Essays Tagged: "Fermat's Last Theorem"
Pythagorean Theorem
all of elementary mathematics. It was the motivation for a wealth of advanced mathematics, such as Fermat's Last Theorem and the theory of Hilbert space. The Pythagorean Theorem asserts that for a ri ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics
"Fermat's Last Therom"
Fermat's Last TheoremPierre de Fermat was one of the most famous number theorists in history, but he ... ue and was wrongfully reported as being dead, but the matter was soon corrected ( O'Connor 2).Among Fermat's earlier works were his Method for determining Maxima and Minima and Tangents to Curved line ... cause most of the other mathematicians felt that number theory was of little value to everyday life.Fermat's main involvement with the mathematicians of his time was through letters. He liked to send ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics
Marie-Sophie Germain
entually began studying new areas of mathematics focusing mainly on number theory, which led her to Fermat's Last Theorem. She worked with the theorem for several years until she felt that she had mad ... hich became the basis for modern theories of elasticity. These discoveries, along with her study of Fermat's Last Theorem, won Germain a medal from the Institut de France and the honour of being the f ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies
Pierre De Fermat
born on August 17, 1601 in Beaumont-de-Lomagne France to a Catholic family as one of four children. Fermat's father was a wealthy leather merchant. Fermat was educated at the Grandselve Franciscan Mon ... his work in 1679 under the title 'Opera mathematica' (Mathematical Works).Two of his works are the Fermat's Last Theorem, which state that xn+yn = zn has no integer solutions for n>2, and the Ferm ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics