$latex \mbox {FLT:} \: x^n + y^n = z^n$ x,y,z integers.
$latex \mbox {If n} > 2 => \mbox {no solution for (x,y,z)} $
Proof:
Reduce n to 2 categories:
1. n |4:
Fermat proved n=4.
2. n not |4 => n|p, (p odd prime).
n=3 proved since 1770.
Conclude:
Prove FLT no solution for (n> 2) <=> Prove for (odd primes p≥ 5)
Like you I have a great interest in Numbers, and especially in Fermat's Last Theorem.
ReplyDeleteUnlike you I am not a mathematician - just an interested amateur. I have summarised my attempts to find patterns in Power number sequences that Support FMT. Whether they are of interest to others I will never know, unless some kind expert finds time to read my summary.
Very best wishes
Pierre de Fermat is the greatest
ReplyDeletemathematician in 17th century, and
more special about Fermat is that
he is an 'amateur' mathematician, using
his free leisure time to 'blog' with
other professional mathematicians like
Pascal, Déscartes, etc.