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| ``Re: Did James Constant find the proof?''
by dh2718 on 2008-03-26 17:50:00 |
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| Just before his equation (6), James Constant claims, without demonstration, that "it is easy to show that the parenthesis term in equation (5) is an irrational number". If this was true, that would indeed proove Fermat's theorem. But "it is easy to find" counter-examples for exponent 2 (Pythatorean triples); James Constant has no explanation why exponent 2 is different: it is beyond the scope of his paper...
When we deal with Fermat's theorem, where the most briliant minds of mankind have failed for three centuries, we expect some detailed demonstrations, and not just hand waving with "it is easy to show...".
Daniel
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