by Frank Morgan (Williams College)
This article originally appeared in:
College Mathematics Journal
May, 2010
Subject classification(s):
Mathematics History | Famous ProblemsApplicable Course(s):
4.3 Number Theory | 4.21 Senior Seminar / Independent Study in MathFollowing his senior seminars, the author discusses Fermat's last theorem for rational and irrational exponents, in which the rational solutions are characterized.
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Capsule Course Topic(s):
Number Theory | Diophantine Problems, Fermat's Last Theorem