An Alternative Elementary Proof for Fermat's Last Theorem
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.
Authors
- Palamadai Narayanan Seetharaman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4615-1280)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Basic Sciences and Applied Computing
- Published
- 2025-04-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.35940/ijbsac.h0534.11080425
- Primary Topic
- History and Theory of Mathematics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00