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Topic: short Proof of how Fermat made his FLT discovery plus some additional material.
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Gerry Myerson

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Re: short Proof of how Fermat made his FLT discovery plus some additional material.
Posted: Aug 3, 2011 6:41 PM
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<530eb1da-f7ba-41ec-9623-7a0834304eb7@z14g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
"Momo, Swami, MK" <cloakofinvisibility3@gmail.com> wrote:

> how about a précis on the method;
> happy to see any attempt that Fermat might
> have done, since there is no evidence
> that he did not have an elementary proof.


There is overwhelming evidence
that Fermat did not have
an elementary proof.

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Gerry Myerson (gerry@maths.mq.edi.ai) (i -> u for email)



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