Fermat's enigma
the epic quest to solve the world's greatest mathematical problem
By Simon Singh
"Fermat's enigma" was published by Anchor Books in 1998 - New York, it has 315 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Fermat's enigma” Metadata:
- Title: Fermat's enigma
- Author: Simon Singh
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 315
- Publisher: Anchor Books
- Publish Date: 1998
- Publish Location: New York
“Fermat's enigma” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Fermat's last theorem - mathematics - number theory - elliptic curves - proof - 31.01 history of mathematics - Wiskunde - Theorema van Fermat - History - Fermatsche Vermutung - Beweis - Geschichte - Fermat-Vermutung - New York Times reviewed - Teorema di Fermat - Grand théorème de Fermat - Teorema de Fermat - Studies - Wiles, Andrew - Feruma no mondai
- People: ➤ Andrew Wiles - John Coates - Leonhard Euler - Sam Loyd - Ken Ribet - Pythagoras - Richard Taylor
- Places: Princeton - Cambridge - Alexandria
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: xviii, 315 p.
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL24929145M - OL31155W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 39261994
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 98027262
- ISBN-13: 9780385493628
- ISBN-10: 0385493622
- All ISBNs: 0385493622 - 9780385493628
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"Fermat's enigma" Table Of Contents:
- 1- 1.
- 2- "I Think I'll Stop Here" -- 1 -- 2.
- 3- The Riddler -- 35 -- 3.
- 4- A Mathematical Disgrace -- 71 -- 4.
- 5- Into Abstraction -- 121 -- 5.
- 6- Proof by Contradiction -- 171 -- 6.
- 7- The Secret Calculation -- 205 -- 7.
- 8- A Slight Problem -- 255 -- Epilogue
- 9- Grand Unified Mathematics -- 279
- 10- Suggestions for Further Reading -- 301
- 11- Picture Credits-- 306.
Snippets and Summary:
It was the most important mathematics lecture of the century.
"Fermat's enigma" Description:
The Open Library:
xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution "I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain." With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations. What came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem looked simple; proving it, however, became the Holy Grail of mathematics, baffling its finest minds for more than 350 years. In Fermat's Enigma--based on the author's award-winning documentary film, which aired on PBS's "Nova"--Simon Singh tells the astonishingly entertaining story of the pursuit of that grail, and the lives that were devoted to, sacrificed for, and saved by it. Here is a mesmerizing tale of heartbreak and mastery that will forever change your feelings about mathematics.
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