NOVA Online presents The Proof, including an interview with Andrew Wiles, an essay on Sophie Germain, and the Pythagorean theorem.

Fermat's last theorem Number theory index History Topics Index Pierre de Fermat died in 1665. Today we think of Fermat as a number theorist, in fact as perhaps the most famous number theorist who ever lived. It is therefore surprising to find that Fermat was in fact a lawyer and only an amateur mathematician. Also surprising is the fact that he published only one mathematical paper in his life, ...

Detailed information about Fermat's Last Theorem.

Description of the Beal Conjecture and the Beal Prize.

Beal's Conjecture: A Search for Counterexamples Beal's Conjecture is this: There are no positive integers x, m, y, n, z, r satisfying the equation xm + yn = zr where m, n, r 2 and x, y, z are co-prime (that is, gcd(x, y) = gcd(y, z) = gcd(x, z) = 1). There is a $75, 000 prize for the first proof or disproof of the conjecture. The conjecture is obviously related to Fermat's Last Theorem, which was proved ...

PROOF OF FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM James Constant ConstantRCS@cs.com Fermat's Last Theorem is solved using the binomial expansion. Introduction ........Fermat (1601-1665) claimed in 1637 to have discovered a marvelous proof of his last theorem.1 (1) The Binomial Expansion ........Before seeking the solution to Fermat's last theorem, consider the binomial expansion2 (2) in which a is an arbitrary ...

Brief overview of Fermat's Last Theorem.