On a simpler, much more general and truly marvellous proof of Fermat’s last theorem (I)
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Advances in Pure Mathematics
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English mathematics Professor, Sir Andrew John Wiles of the University of Cambridge finally and
conclusively proved in 1995 Fermat’s Last Theorem which had for 358 years notoriously resisted
all gallant and spirited efforts to prove it even by three of the greatest mathematicians of all
time—such as Euler, Laplace and Gauss. Sir Professor Andrew Wiles’s proof employed very advanced
mathematical tools and methods that were not at all available in the known World during
Fermat’s days. Given that Fermat claimed to have had the “truly marvellous” proof, this fact that
the proof only came after 358 years of repeated failures by many notable mathematicians and that
the proof came from mathematical tools and methods which are far ahead of Fermat’s time, has
led many to doubt that Fermat actually did possess the “truly marvellous” proof which he claimed
to have had. In this short reading, via elementary arithmetic methods, we demonstrate conclusively
that Fermat’s Last Theorem actually yields to our efforts to prove it.
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Nyambuya, G. 2016. On a simpler, much more general and truly marvellous proof of Fermat’s last theorem (I). Advances in Pure Mathematics, 6, 1-6.