FreddyCat
freddycat99 at gmail.com
Sat Sep 26 19:39:31 CDT 2009
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 8:11 PM, FreddyCat <freddycat99 at gmail.com> wrote: > Max, Tina > > I watched a NOVA episode about Andrew Wiles and his struggle to solve this. > I don't know if that episode is available in original format. This is a > related link > > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/proof/ > Fred > > An update: The narrative for the Nova show is at > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2414proof.html > > > On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Max Wanadoo <max.wanadoo at gmail.com>wrote: > >> The link wants me to sign up. Post the link if it is genuine. >> >> I know that there is no proof for a cube where (x^n + y^n = z^n). >> >> But >> >> I do there is proof for a cube where 2(x^n + y^n = z^n) which is a cube >> when >> n=2. >> >> >> Max >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris >> Fields >> Sent: 26 September 2009 18:03 >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Computer prose >> >> Hi Max, >> >> Sorry, it wasn't Fermi, it was Fermat. Here it is: >> >> >> Fermat's last theorem >> >> Statement that there are no natural numbers /x/, /y/, and /z/ such that >> /x/^/n/ + /y/^/n/ = /z/^/n/ , in which /n/ is a natural number greater >> than 2. About this, Pierre de Fermat >> <http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Fermat%2c+Pierre+de> wrote >> in 1637 in his copy of Diophantus's Arithmetica, “I have discovered a >> truly remarkable proof but this margin is too small to contain it.” >> Although the theorem was subsequently shown to be true for many specific >> values of /n/, leading to important mathematical advances in the >> process, the difficulty of the problem soon convinced mathematicians >> that Fermat never had a valid proof. In 1995 the British mathematician >> Andrew Wiles (b. 1953) and his former student Richard Taylor (b. 1962) >> published a complete proof, finally solving one of the most famous of >> all mathematical problems. >> >> For more information on Fermat's last theorem >> < >> http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/_/gr.aspx?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.b >> >> ritannica.com%2Feb%2Farticle-9034050%2FFermats-last-theorem&source=Britannic<http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/_/gr.aspx?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.b%0Aritannica.com%2Feb%2Farticle-9034050%2FFermats-last-theorem&source=Britannic> >> a>, >> visit Britannica.com. Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Copyright © >> 1994-2008 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. >> >> I was unaware that the complete proof had been published. I don't think >> my Dad knows that either, so I'm going to send this one off to him, too. >> >> T >> >> >> Max Wanadoo wrote: >> > Have you got a URL for it Tina? >> > >> > Tried google but too much fluff. >> > >> > Max >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris >> > Fields >> > Sent: 24 September 2009 15:08 >> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Computer prose >> > >> > Arthur, if you get Fermi's Last Theorem resolved, please let me know. >> > My Dad's been working on that one, off and on, for about 40 years, now, >> > I think. >> > T >> > >> > Arthur Fuller wrote: >> > >> >> Shamil, Russian novelists have nothing to apologize for. IMO they rank >> >> >> > among >> > >> >> the greatest ever born. >> >> The only real issue in Russian lit (I didn't actually take a course >> from >> >> Nabokov when he taught at Cornell, but my then-girlfriend did, and she >> >> >> > gave >> > >> >> me all her notes to read. Nabokov and I see Russian novels from >> completely >> >> opposite perspectives. That's cool. I like opposing views, they >> stimulate >> >> discussion! Nabokov preferred Tolstoy, I preferred Dostoevsky. We both >> >> >> > loved >> > >> >> Gogol, a commonality among major other differences. Nabokov believed >> that >> >> every single detail within a scene was crucial. My GF once faced an >> exam >> >> from him, containing a single question, which I cannot quote, but it >> went >> >> approximately like this: when Count Vronski said xxx, what colour were >> the >> >> walls in the room? Whereas my exam question might have been, was >> >> >> > Raskalnikov >> > >> >> crazy, and if so why, and if not why not? Or going further back to >> Gogol, >> >> was it crazy or mere opportunism to sell dead souls? A strange >> >> >> > perspective: >> > >> >> Russia as the birth of capitalist oppression. LOL. >> >> >> >> Anyway, Shamil, I would be most interested in your take on "A Martian >> >> >> > Sends >> > >> >> a Postcard Home." I deem it a truly great work, and I made it through >> >> without reference to the notes, although I admit that it took me a >> couple >> >> >> > of >> > >> >> days to work it out. >> >> >> >> Meanwhile, I'm back to trying to resolve Fermi's Last Theorem. It's >> tough! >> >> >> >> A. >> >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Shamil Salakhetdinov < >> >> shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> 2B || !2B ? >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Shamil >> >>> >> >>> P.S. FYI: In Russia eternal questions are: "Who is guilty?" and "What >> to >> >>> do?" with "Who is guilty?" one taking 99% of the time to "chat about" >> for >> >>> ages now... >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > >