The Plymouth Student Scientist
Document Type
Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Article
Abstract
The project aims to deliver sufficient mathematical background to understand a partial proof, due to Ernst Kummer, of Fermat’s last theorem for a specific class of primes called regular primes. In doing so, we also develop some theory that is applicable to a wide range of scenarios in modern number theory, a few of which are discussed in somewhat more superficial detail in the final section.
Publication Date
2018-12-01
Publication Title
The Plymouth Student Scientist
Volume
11
Issue
2
First Page
92
Last Page
143
ISSN
1754-2383
Deposit Date
May 2019
Embargo Period
2024-07-08
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Evans, Edward
(2018)
"Algebraic Number Theory and Fermats Last Theorem,"
The Plymouth Student Scientist: Vol. 11:
Iss.
2, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24382/6qx0-2997
Available at:
https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/tpss/vol11/iss2/5
