Fermat’s Last Theorem
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Simon Singh. Fermat’s Last Theorem
Copyright
Dedication
CONTENTS
Foreword
Preface
1 ‘I Think I’ll Stop Here’
23 June 1993, Cambridge
The Last Problem
Everything is Number
Absolute Proof
An Infinity of Triples
From Pythagoras’ Theorem to Fermat’s Last Theorem
2 The Riddler
The Evolution of Number Theory
Birth of a Riddle
The Marginal Note
The Last Theorem Published at Last
3 A Mathematical Disgrace
The Mathematical Cyclops
A Petty Pace
Monsieur Le Blanc
The Sealed Envelopes
4 Into Abstraction
The Era of Puzzles, Riddles and Enigmas
The Foundations of Knowledge
The Compulsion of Curiosity
The Brute Force Approach
The Graduate
5 Proof by Contradiction
Wishful Thinking
Death of a Genius
Philosophy of Goodness
The Missing Link
6 The Secret Calculation
The Attic Recluse
Duelling with Infinity
Toppling the First Domino
‘Fermat’s Theorem Solved?’
The Dark Mansion
The Method of Kolyvagin and Flach
The Lecture of the Century
The Aftermath
7 A Slight Problem
The Carpet Fitter
The Nightmare E-mail
The Birthday Present
Epilogue Grand Unified Mathematics
The Prize
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Appendices. Appendix 1. The Proof of Pythagoras’ Theorem
Appendix 2. Euclid’s Proof that √2 is Irrational
Appendix 3. The Riddle of Diophantus’ Age
Appendix 4. Bachet’s Weighing Problem
Appendix 5. Euclid’s Proof That There Are an Infinite Number of Pythagorean Triples
Appendix 6. Proof of the Dot Conjecture
Appendix 7. Straying into Absurdity
Appendix 8. The Axioms of Arithmetic
Appendix 9. Game Theory and the Truel
Appendix 10. An Example of Proof by Induction
Suggestions for Further Reading
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Index
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Also by the Author
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SIMON SINGH
Fermat’s Last Theorem
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