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Okay and what are the applications?

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Can you help me with this one ?

I have some good ideas, but I can't put the things together.
My father told me sthg about elliptic curves but I dunno how to link this to the shit on my drafts

(It's extra-homework).

Had a final in my number theory course today.

Lecturer put this question on the paper, asked us to prove it.

Can't find a proof anywhere for it. What's the deal?

Does anyone on sci understand the proof of fermats last theorem? I'd like to see if sci could, perhaps, sketch a proof using our combined math knowledge

Hey, could anyone here help me find the proof of Fermat's last theorem in reference to elliptic functions and modular forms? The only paper I can find is the one written by Andrew Wiles, and it's leaving me lost

Is there a simpler method to proving conjectures than proofs that deviate from the conjecture's scope of mathematics?

For example, Andrew Wiles proved Fermat's Last Theorem by using semistable abelian varieties, but Fermat's Last Theorem only involves elementary algebra. Does there exist a much simpler, yet perhaps undiscovered method of proving the theorem?

Smalltime

Hello, /sci/.
Anyone who learns new mathematics and asks: "What's the point of this?" is a dumb idiot. Why?
Look at this thing to the left. It's Fermat's last theorem. This little fucker had kept mathematicians busy for over four hundred years. All sorts of new mathematics were invented (ideal numbers, irregular primes, Sophie Germain-primes, to name some) until it was finally solved in the 90's by Andrew Wiles.
What is the use of Fermat's Last Theorem? There is absolutely no fucking use for the thing. Never has it been used for a proof or something like that. Yet, it served as a catalyst for a lot of new mathematics (modular mathematics, ellipses). So, next time you encounter a supposedly 'useless' item, shut the fuck up and think back to Fermat's Last Theorem and the stuff that came out of attempts at solving the problem.