8th February 2016 by What's What Team

Fermat’s last theorem

The relation an + bn  = cn for a, b, c and n being integers is valid for n being limited to 1 and 2.

For example:

31 + 41 = 71

242 + 72 = 252

Fermat’s last theorem was first stated by Pierre de Fermat, a 17th century lawyer and amateur mathematician. The proposition states that the equation an + bn  = cn where a, b and c are non-zero integers, has no solutions for n > 2.

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