Diophantus
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Diophantus of Alexandria was a Greek mathematician who was the author of the Arithmetica in thirteen books, ten of which are still extant, made up of arithmetical problems that are solved through alge
Problem II.8 in the Arithmetica (edition of 1670), annotated with Fermat's comment which became Fermat's Last Theorem.
Fermat's Last Theorem
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In number theory, Fermat's Last Theorem states that there are no positive integers a, b, c, n with n > 2 such that a n + b n = c n. The cases n = 1 and n = 2 have been known since antiquity to have in
Diophantus
…Arabic algebra in its concepts and overall procedure. The 1621 edition of Arithmetica by Bachet gained fame after Pierre de Fermat wrote his famous "Last Theorem" in the margins of his copy. In modern use, Diophantine equations are algebraic equations with integer coefficients for which integer solutions are…
Problem II.8 in the 1621 edition of the Arithmetica of Diophantus. On the right is the margin that was too small to contain Fermat's alleged proof of his "last theorem".
British mathematician Andrew Wiles
Czech postage stamp commemorating Wiles' proof