Date of Award
4-17-2000
Degree Type
Report
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Mathematics and Statistics
Committee Chair(s)
Daniel K. Nakamo
Committee
Daniel K. Nakamo
Abstract
Perhaps the most famous problem in all of mathematics is the theorem that states that the equation an + bn = cn has no non-trivial solutions for integers a, b, and c, and n ≥ 2. This theorem was proposed by a seventeenth century French mathematician named Pierre de Fermat. Though the theorem is easy to understand, the proof has been elusive. Over the past 350 years many mathematicians have attempted to prove Fermat's theorem. They have used a variety of methods and many have been successful in proving the theorem in specific cases. However, until 1994, nobody had produced an accurate proof for the theorem in the general case. Because the theorem resisted proof for so long, it became known as Fermat's last theorem.
Recommended Citation
Schneiter, Kady, "A Survey of the Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture" (2000). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 1281.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/1281
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