Fermat's last theorem : unlocking the secret of an ancient mathematical problem /
The story of Fermat's last theorem, that the square of a whole number can be broken down into two other squares of whole numbers but the same cannot be done with cubes or higher powers. After three hundred years, a proof for the theorem was developed by Princeton-based mathematician Andrew Wile...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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New York :
Four Walls Eight Windows,
�1996.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=23479 |
| Περίληψη: | The story of Fermat's last theorem, that the square of a whole number can be broken down into two other squares of whole numbers but the same cannot be done with cubes or higher powers. After three hundred years, a proof for the theorem was developed by Princeton-based mathematician Andrew Wiles. |
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| Φυσική περιγραφή: | 1 online resource (xi, 147 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Βιβλιογραφία: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-140) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585207917 9780585207919 |
