Re: To Mr. Andrew Wiles:Do You Agree Fermat 's Proof Of FLT ever
- From: "*** T. Winter" <***.Winter@xxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:43:08 GMT
In article <1916938.1119896531379.JavaMail.jakarta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> george ghiata <george_ghiata@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> HERE it is Fermat's Proof of FLT
> Theorem:
> he EQUATION:
> X^n+Y^n=Z^n where X,Y,Z are relative prime Integers ,n=prime>2 is impossible.
This is wrong. You are missing the case n = 4 (BTW, the only case proven
by Fermat). But proving that one was not done by Wiles, indeed. That is
just a homework question. (JSH failed.)
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