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This paper gives a proof on Fermat’s last theorem (FLT) for n = 3 by firstly reducing the Fermat’s equation to a cubic equation of one variable and then using Tschirnhaus transformation to reduce it to a depressed cubic. By showing that this last equation has nonrational roots, it was concluded that the Fermat’s equation cannot have integer solutions.
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Perera, B.B.U., Piyadasa, R.A.D. (2016). Proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem for n = 3 Using Tschirnhaus Transformation. In: Chen, K., Ravindran, A. (eds) Forging Connections between Computational Mathematics and Computational Geometry. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 124. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.5176/2251-1911_CMCGS14.34_12
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