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Fermat’s Last Theorem

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The last chapter brings a short survey on the work on Fermat’s Last Theorem, culminating in its proof.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Dimitry Mirimanoff (1861–1945), professor in Geneva. See [6330].

  2. 2.

    Paul Wolfskehl (1856–1906), studied medicine and mathematics, lectured in Darmstadt. See [329].

  3. 3.

    Felix Pollaczek (1892–1981), one of the pioneers of queueing theory, worked in Berlin and Paris. See [1149, 5567].

  4. 4.

    Taro Morishima (1903–1989), professor in Tokyo.

  5. 5.

    Herbert Westren Turnbull (1885–1961), professor in Oxford. See [3757].

  6. 6.

    Pierre Samuel (1921–2009), professor in Paris.

  7. 7.

    I was informed by Peter Roquette that Hasse gave this problem to one of his students before 1939.

  8. 8.

    For the history of this conjecture see S. Lang [3703].

  9. 9.

    Vladimir Petrovič Velmin (1885–1974), professor in Warsaw, Rostov and Kiev. See [3220].

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