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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 206.1 | | METOO::YARBROUGH | | Wed Jan 09 1985 11:55 | 12 |
| While we are waiting to see the proof of the general case, you might want
to warm up on this (much simpler) version of the problem:
Assuming x, y, z, and n are natural numbers, and n >= z, prove that
n n n
x + y = z
has no solution.
(If you want you can find the proof in Hugo Steinhaus's "One Hundred
Problems in Elementary Mathematics".)
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| 206.2 | | HARE::STAN | | Wed Jan 09 1985 19:16 | 2 |
| I'm leaving tormorrow for the Math Convention. Hope to get the scoop.
Be back Tuesday to report.
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| 206.3 | | TAV02::NITSAN | | Sun Jan 13 1985 00:57 | 14 |
| Re .1:
n n n
Assume: a + b = c , a<=b<c . Now define s=b/a, t=c/a (both >= 1).
n n n n n n n n i-1 n-i
a + b = c ==> 1 + s = t ==> 1 = t - s = (t-s) SIGMA t s >=
i=1
n
>= (t-s) SIGMA 1 = (t-s)n ==> 1 >= (t-s)n ==> a >= (c-b)n ==> a>=n
i=1
(Note that we actually got stronger results...)
NITSAN
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| 206.4 | | HARE::STAN | | Mon Jan 14 1985 22:35 | 3 |
| I just got back from the convention.
Fermat's last theorem is still open.
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| 206.5 | | ORPHAN::BRETT | | Tue Jan 15 1985 22:26 | 4 |
|
What went wrong Stan? Hoax or 'if this is true (which it obviously is)'?
/Bevin
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| 206.6 | | HARE::STAN | | Wed Jan 16 1985 04:30 | 4 |
| I wasn't at the session (it was a 10 minute talk), but I inquired
about it and was told it was by a "crank". They get 1 or 2 of
these talks every year. Any member of the AMS may give a 10-minute
talk; there is no refereeing.
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| 206.7 | | HARE::STAN | | Thu Jan 17 1985 01:09 | 27 |
| From: ROLL::USENET "USENET Newsgroup Distributor" 17-JAN-1985 00:33
To: HARE::STAN
Subj: USENET net.math newsgroup articles
Newsgroups: net.math
Path: decwrl!decvax!bellcore!allegra!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!arizona!gary
Subject: Re: "Proof" of Fermat's Last Theorem
Posted: Mon Jan 14 19:46:56 1985
I attended the MAA part of the joint AMS/MAA meeting where the
paper was to be presented. (I am a faculty member of the
Institute for Retraining in Computer Science and had a couple
of presentations to make.)
I arrived too late to hear the presentation, but the
mathematicians that I knew said that it was a very
uncomfortable situation. The author suffers from some
condition that has left him unable to speak or walk. His wife,
who apparently spoke little English and knew no mathematics,
was presenting the paper. She read the abstract and that was
it. On being asked if there was a pre-print available, she
said ``No.''
My guess is that the problem is still open.
--
Gary Levin / Dept of CS / U of AZ / Tucson, AZ 85721 / (602) 621-4231
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