Special for Darla V. : Fermat's last theorem

"Charles D. Bohne" wrote in message
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Fermat's last theorem

http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Fermat's_last_theorem.html

The Mathematics of Fermat's Last Theorem
http://www.mbay.net/~cgd/flt/flt01.htm

The Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem
http://www.mbay.net/~cgd/flt/flt08.htm

... he did not need 150 pages .. :-))

Farewell, Darla

C.

This is surprising, Charles.
After reading about how adept you are at reading, I am surprised that you
read all that with such little comprehension.
These are mere explanations and outlines.
Dig deeper if you like, but do not expect to understand it if you are not a
math whiz.

The main thing is that Fermat's Last Theorem HAS been proved and is no
longer on the list of things to ask an extraterrestrial.
Surely a well-read one such as yourself could come up with other Valid
questions?
Just because it IS rocket science should not put this out of human reach.
After all, Some of you ARE rocket scientists.
Get busy!

Darla

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Darla

"Charles D. Bohne" wrote in message
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On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 13:27:35 GMT, "Darla" wrote:

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Darla

Being so close with Fermat you certainly know your Pythagoras?

Ok, if we have

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

there are some simple Pythagorean numbers: e.g. 3,4,5

9 + 16 = 25

we can expand that to space

a^3 + b^3 +c^3 = d^3

with almost the same numbers: 3,4,5,6

27 + 64 + 125 = 216

now, can you give me some "easy" numbers for hyperspace?

a^4 + b^4 +c^4 + d^4 = e^4

Your input would be welcome...

C.

"Hyperspace"

No, my friend Charles.
And since there Are no "easy" numbers, this may Tell you something about
your concept of hyperspace.

The reality of four dimensions, as your science is beginning to respect,
includes three spatial and one time dimension.
Yet since time is Not space, it does not fit snugly into a Pythagoræsque
context.

Time adds a complexity to the simplest of spacial contexts.
And since even hyperspace is incomplete without its period aspect, you can
imagine how interesting this can get.
Best now to stick with the program of studying hyperspace by slicing it into
lower dimensions.
The numbers are easier, and if you remember that, just as a flat circle is a
limited representation of a sphere, just so a sphere is a limited symbol
when it burgeons mentally into hyperspace.

Hyperspace - mathematical construct? physics curiosity? or reality?
Well, your film people certainly like to string it out for all its worth!
G

Darla