[AccessD] Computer prose

Hi Max, the one I got that definition from is the first of these three:

<http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Fermet%27s+Last+Theorem>

<http://www.gap-system.org/~history/HistTopics/Fermat%27s_last_theorem.html>

<http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fermat%27s+last+theorem>

I spoke with my Dad about the proof and his issue with the published 
proof is that it uses math techniques that were not known in Fermat's 
time. He is still seeking the proof, using only the then-available 
tools. That's my Dad!

T

Max Wanadoo 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
> 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:
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>>     
>>> 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
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>>     
>>> 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:
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>>> Russia as the birth of capitalist oppression. LOL.
>>>
>>> Anyway, Shamil, I would be most interested in your take on "A Martian
>>>     
>>>       
>> Sends
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>>     
>>> 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
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>>     
>>> 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:
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>>>> 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
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>>>> ages now...
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>