Fermat’s last theorem: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Fermat’s great theorem

Topics

Beal’s conjecture number theory prime number theorem Chinese remainder theorem Fermat’s theorem Lagrange’s four-square theorem Dirichlet’s theorem Wilson’s theorem Vinogradov’s theorem fundamental theorem of arithmetic Riemann hypothesis twin prime conjecture

Key People

Fermat, portrait by Roland Lefèvre; in the Narbonne City Museums, France

Pierre de Fermat

French mathematician

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Sophie Germain

French mathematician

Andrew John Wiles

Andrew Wiles

British mathematician

Equations written on blackboard

Numbers and Mathematics