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RE: What I never liked much in books that should provide knowledge. - mcquiggi - 08-08-2018 04:14 AM
(07-19-2018 09:45 AM)Nigel (UK) Wrote:(07-19-2018 08:01 AM)grsbanks Wrote: As far as I know, his Last Theorem still hasn't been proven!
Andrew Wiles published the final version of his proof in 1995. It wouldn’t fit into a margin, though!
Nigel (UK)
There’s a good book on how it was proved, and the extreme effort it took:
“Fermat's Enigma”, by Simon Singh, ISBN 978-0-385-49362-8.
RE: What I never liked much in books that should provide knowledge. - grsbanks - 08-08-2018 07:50 AM
(08-08-2018 04:14 AM)mcquiggi Wrote: There’s a good book on how it was proved, and the extreme effort it took:
“Fermat's Enigma”, by Simon Singh, ISBN 978-0-385-49362-8.
I'll have to read that. I've already read "Fermat's Last Theorem" by the same author.
RE: What I never liked much in books that should provide knowledge. - ijabbott - 08-09-2018 05:38 PM
(08-08-2018 07:50 AM)grsbanks Wrote:(08-08-2018 04:14 AM)mcquiggi Wrote: There’s a good book on how it was proved, and the extreme effort it took:
“Fermat's Enigma”, by Simon Singh, ISBN 978-0-385-49362-8.
I'll have to read that. I've already read "Fermat's Last Theorem" by the same author.
Save your money. It's the same book!