Before the mid-seventeenth century, scholars generally agreed that it was impossible to predict something by calculating mathematical outcomes. One simply …
xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution"I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of …
Over three hundred years ago, a French scholar scribbled a simple theorem in the margin of a book. It would …
This new, completely revised edition of a classic text introduces all elements necessary for understanding The Proof (Title of a …
This book studies when a prime p can be written in the form x2+ny2 . It begins at an elementary …
This volume contains expanded versions of lectures given at an instructional conference on number theory and arithmetic geometry held August …
An exciting approach to the history and mathematics of number theory“. . . the author’s style is totally lucid and …