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Diophantus and diophantine equations

By Isabella G. Bashmakova

Book information

Publisher
Mathematical Association of America
Year
1997
ISBN
0883855267, 9780883855263
Open Library ID
OL710249M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
701 kB (717868 bytes)
Series
Dolciani mathematical expositions 20
Pages
110\110
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
400
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Series: Dolciani Mathematical Expositions The first part of the book presents the elementary facts of algebraic geometry essential to understanding the rest of it. The second half of the book considers the evolution of the theory of Diophantine equations from the Renaissance to the middle of the 20th century. In particular, the book includes substantial descriptions of the relevant contributions of Viète, Fermat, Euler, Jacobi, and Poincaré. The book ends with Joseph Silverman’s survey of Diophantine analysis during the last 20 years in which he mentions the proof of the Mordei conjecture and of Fermat’s Last Theorem.

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