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You may know this, but for those who might not: Fermat's Last Theorem and Fermat's Little Theorem are two totally different theorems (both about number theory).
by curryhoward 11y ago
You may know this, but for those who might not: Fermat's Last Theorem and Fermat's Little Theorem are two totally different theorems (both about number theory).
Fermat's Little Theorem: For any integer a and prime p, a^p is congruent to a mod p.
Fermat's Last Theorem: For any integer n > 2, there are no integers a, b, and c such that a^n + b^n = c^n.
The Little Theorem has been known for hundreds of years and is easy to prove. The Last Theorem, on the other hand, was only finally proven in 1994 by Andrew Wiles after countless failed attempts by mathematicians before him.