Re: This Week's Thought's on Fermat's Last Theorem: 1

From: Gerry Myerson (gerry_at_maths.mq.edi.ai.i2u4email)
Date: 07/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:08:34 +1000

In article <20040720060753.12124.00002019@mb-m01.aol.com>,
 dgoncz@aol.com.bat.exe ( Doug Goncz ) wrote:

> I think I should have written
>
> a^n + b^n = 0 (mod c) is sufficient for
> a^n + b^n = c^m

This is false.

> a^n + b^n = 0 (mod c) is necessary for
> a^n + b^n = c^n

This is true. 

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