What Fermat wrote before he died...
Posted on 03/16/2016 7:26:38 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Oxford University professor Sir Andrew Wiles has been awarded the prestigious Abel Prize for his "stunning proof" of Fermat's Last Theorem.
Wiles life has been dedicated to the three-century-old theorem which has been his "passion from an early age" after he read “The Last Problem” by ET Bell.
His proof was first published in 1994 while working at Princeton University in New Jersey — he will collect the award 22 years later at a ceremony in Oslo in May.
The theorem, created in 1637 by French mathematician Pierre de Fermant, says that there are no solutions in integers — or whole numbers — to the equation xn + yn = zn when n is greater than 2.
Wiles' work isn't merely a solution to the theory, his findings have shaped mathematics and the entire approach to the field, and were originally submitted as a 200-page file.
The Abel Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters and is widely regarded as the most prestigious award in its field. As well as a trophy, winners of the award also take home six million Norwegian Krone (£500,000, $700,000).
When asked what it feels like to solve a puzzle that has mystified mathematicians for centuries, he said: "It’s thrilling. It’s the experience we live for, this insight, that suddenly you see everything clearly before you that’s been so obscure and so frustrating for so long."
The Norwegian academy lauded the professor's groundbreaking work, saying: "Wiles' proof was not only the high point of his career — and an epochal moment for mathematics — but also the culmination of a remarkable personal journey that began three decades earlier."
This isn't the first time Wiles has been recognised for his contributions to mathematics.
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Good try, excellent try, actually. But the Theorem states that integers x, y, and z must all be positive.
However, I think you should apply for a federal grant to investigate why Fermat was so restrictive there. It probably has something to do with his white privilege, so it's worth a look.
Positive numbers...
“He will collect the award 22 years later”
They must still be having trouble with that “ time” thingy.
you did it!
yes
There's a Japanese detective series out called, GALILEO, which is a lot of fun, even with subtitles. About a brainy physics prof (any other kind?) and a rookie detective (female, of course). Interesting cases solved with physics, a la BONES.
Unfortunately you have not solved the ORIGINAL equation- you have changed it from
x^n + y^n = z^n
to
x^n - y^n = z^n
For which there are an infinite number of solutions
It increases the size of Wiles' bank account by about $700,000. Can't get more practical than that.
So if the proof takes 200 pages, then Fermat was making a joke that it doesn’t fit in a page margin?
I went by what the man wrote on the blackboard, and he didn’t say anything about x, y, and z being all positive. The only thing he said had to be positive was n.
Dividing the left side by the right side on my windows calculator gives 1.0000000000189426406214...
Not equal.
Boom! Dropped the mic!
Good point, the blackboard example did not include the entire theorem.
Thereby demonstrating another theorem, proven by Kurt Gödel.
Close, but no reward for Monica.
Irrational numbers:
What the gov’t claims is the unemployment rate. If the ‘natural governing party’ (ie:Dhimmicrats in the US and Lieberals in Kanada) is defeated in an election, soon afterwards, ‘real’ numbers take their place to reflect how badly the ‘conservatives’ are now leading the country.
Transcendental number:
(1) Any figure spoken of by Doug Henning or Maharishi Mahesh Yogi,
(2) What the gov’t claims is the unemployment rate which miraculously changes, after further review, becoming much lower before the election of Dhimmicrats but MUCH higher in the case of Pubbies being elected. (In Kanada, substitute Lieberals for Dhimmis and Conservatives for Pubbies.)
Though my comments are sarcasm, they are unfortunately, very true!
I got 4472.0000000070592907382135292414.
Still, pretty good. I wonder how those values were discovered.
Awesome. It has taken a bit to confirm but this is spectacular
OK....Now you’ve made my day! :-)
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