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Fermat's Enigma
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Fermat's Enigma

The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem

by Simon Singh

Recommended by Hannah Fry

Recommended by Hannah Fry

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Math, Most Recommended Books, and Science.

xn yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution"I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain."With these words, the seventeenthcentury French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations. What came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem look...

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Math, Most Recommended Books, and Science.

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Hannah Fry

@fen_ken @BBC6Music Get her to read Simon Singh's book Fermat's last theorem she's in there. I've honestly read it about 25 times one of my favourites ever, ever, ever. x

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