Remarks on the History of Fermat’s Last Theorem 1844 to 1984

M. Rosen

DOI:10.1007/978-1-4612-1974-3_19

Corpus ID: 117284181

Remarks on the History of Fermat’s Last Theorem 1844 to 1984

@inproceedings{Rosen1997RemarksOT,
  title={Remarks on the History of Fermat’s Last Theorem 1844 to 1984},
  author={M. Rosen},
  year={1997}
}

M. Rosen
Published 1997
Mathematics

It is arguably true that Fermat’s Last Theorem (FLT) has been the most famous of all mathematical problems for at least three centuries. There has been debate about whether it is a serious and important problem or merely a curiosity, but there can be no denying its popularity. Generations of mathematicians, both professional and amateur, have tried their hand at solving it. These efforts have resulted in a mighty body of theory with many deep and important results. Nevertheless, until 1984… Expand

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