Published April 30, 2025 | Version CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
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An Alternative Elementary Proof for Fermat's Last Theorem

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

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Abstract: Fermat’s Last Theorem states that the equation x n + y n = z n has no solution for x, y and z as positive integers, where n is any positive integer > 2. Taking the proofs of Fermat and Euler for the exponents n = 4 and n = 3, it would suffice to prove the theorem for the exponent n = p, where p is any prime > 3. We hypothesize that r, s and t are positive integers satisfying the equation r p + s p = t p and establish a contradiction in this proof. We include another Auxiliary equation x 3 + y 3 = z 3 and connect these two equations by using transformation equations. On solving the transformation equation we get rst = 0, thus proving that only a trivial solution exists in the main equation r p + s p = t p .

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2025-04-15
Manuscript received on 29 March 2025 | First Revised Manuscript received on 02 April 2025 | Second Revised Manuscript received on 09 April 2025 | Manuscript Accepted on 15 April 2025 | Manuscript published on 30 April 2025.

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