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An Elementary Proof for Fermat's Last Theorem using Ramanujan-Nagell Equation

  • 1. Retired Executive Engineer, Energy Conservation Cell, Tamil Nadu State Electricity Board, Anna Salai, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.

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Abstract: Fermat’s Last Theorem states that it is impossible to find positive integers A, B and C satisfying the equation An + Bn = Cn where n is any integer > 2. Taking the proofs of Fermat for the index n = 4, and Euler for n = 3, it is sufficient to prove the theorem for n = p, any prime > 3. We hypothesize that all r, s and t are non-zero integers in the equation rp + sp = tp and establish a contradiction in this proof. Just for supporting the proof in the above equation, we have used another equation x3 + y3 = z3 Without loss of generality, we assert that both x and y as non-zero integers; z3 a non-zero integer; z and z2 irrational. We create transformed equations to the above two equations through parameters, into which we have incorporated the Ramanujan - Nagell equation. Solving the transformed equations we prove the theorem.

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DOI
10.54105/ijam.B1180.04021024
EISSN
2582-8932

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Accepted
2024-10-15
Manuscript received on 05 October 2024 | Revised Manuscript received on 10 October 2024 | Manuscript Accepted on 15 October 2024 | Manuscript published on 30 October 2024.

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