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Reformulations, Consequences, and Criteria

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Fermat’s Last Theorem for Amateurs

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In this chapter we give a variety of results, a good indication of the wide search for solutions of Fermat’s problem. There are reformulations into equivalent problems, also a number of consequences of the truth of Fermat’s theorem as well as statements which follow from the assumption that the theorem is false for some exponent.

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(1999). Reformulations, Consequences, and Criteria. In: Fermat’s Last Theorem for Amateurs. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21692-8_9

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