On Fermat's and Euler's number-theoretical methods, their connections and their significance
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Publication:772629
DOI10.1007/BF00327401zbMath0094.00302MaRDI QIDQ772629
Publication date: 1961
Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)
cubic equationsfour cubes problemnumber-theoretic methods of Fermat and EulerPythagorean triangles: equal areaPythagorean triangles: square values of hypotenuse and sum of cathetesquartic equationssolutions in rational pairs
History of number theory (11-03) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of field theory (12-03)
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