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Encyclopedia - Wilson Prime: Encyclopedia - Wilson Prime
In mathematics, a Wilson prime is a certain kind of prime number. A prime p is called a Wilson prime if p² divides (p − 1)! + 1, where...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fermat's Last Theorem: Encyclopedia Ii - Fermat's Last Theorem - History
Fermat's last theorem - Fermat's comment in the Arithmetica. In problem II.8 of his Arithmetica, Diophantus asks how to split a given s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fermat's Last Theorem: Encyclopedia Ii - Fermat's Last Theorem - Did Fermat Really Have A Proof?
This is the note that Fermat wrote in the margin of Arithmetica: Cubum autem in duos cubos, aut quadrato-quadratum in duos quadrato-quadr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fermat's Last Theorem: Encyclopedia Ii - Fermat's Last Theorem - Did Fermat Really Have A Proof?
There is considerable doubt over whether Fermat's claim to have "a truly marvellous proof" was correct. Wiles's proof is about 200 pages ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fermat's Last Theorem: Encyclopedia Ii - Fermat's Last Theorem - Trivia
In "The Royale", an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Picard states that the theorem had gone unsolved for 800 years. Wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fermat's Last Theorem: Encyclopedia Ii - Fermat's Last Theorem - Trivia
In "The Royale", an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Picard states that the theorem had gone unsolved for 800 years. Wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fermat's Last Theorem: Encyclopedia Ii - Fermat's Last Theorem - Early History
The theorem needs only to be proven for n=4 and in the cases where n is an odd prime number.[2] For various special exponents n, the theo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fermat's Last Theorem: Encyclopedia Ii - Fermat's Last Theorem - The Proof
Using sophisticated tools from algebraic geometry (in particular elliptic curves and modular forms), Galois theory and Hecke algebras, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fermat's Last Theorem: Encyclopedia Ii - Fermat's Last Theorem - Mathematical Context
Fermat's last theorem is a generalization of the Diophantine equation a2 + b2 = c2, which is linked to the Pythagorean theorem. Ancient C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Number Theory Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Number Theory Topics - Computational Number Theory
List of number theory topics - Primality tests. Prime factorization algorithm Trial division Sieve of Eratosthenes Probabilistic algor...   » Read the article