Fermat comes to America: Harry Schultz Vandiver and FLT (1914--1963).

DOI10.1007/BF02985688zbMath1244.01024MaRDI QIDQ1013666

Leo Corry

Publication date: 20 April 2009

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Fermat's Last TheoremVandiver

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of number theory (11-03)

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