The proof of Fermat's Last Theorem
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: The proof of Fermat's Last Theorem
zbMATH Open document ID: 0878.11017
DOI: 10.1007/BF00119950
author: Chiaho Wong
published in: Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. (English Edition)
publication date: 1998-01-12T00:00:00Z
review text: Even after the proof of Fermat's last theorem by \textit{A. Wiles} [Math. Ann., II. Ser. 141, 443-551 (1995; Zbl 0823.11029)], there may be the (little) hope to find an elementary proof, using only the techniques Fermat presumptively had known. But the approach of the author is poor. He constructs an integer polynomial \(f(S,Y)\) in unknowns \(S\) and \(Y\). Setting \(x=sy\), where \(x,y,z\) are integers with \(x^n+y^n=z^n\) he believes that \(f(s,Y)\) remains an integer polynomial in \(Y\). So we have the mistake that if \(f(s,y)=c\) equals a nonintegral rational \(c\) than \(y\) must be nonintegral rational. So we would have a proof of Fermat's last theorem for \(y\mid x\) (which is not hard). But the reviewer thinks the author does not even show this, because he never proves that his \(c\) is nonintegral rational, but wants to enforce this by changing some constants which change \(c\) but which also change \(f\).
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11D41
zbMATH DE Number: 1064133
zbMATH Keywords: invalid proof
zbMATH Keywords: Fermat's last theorem
reviewed by: Bernd Richter
MaRDI profile type: Publication
cites work: Q3904661
cites work: Q4126428
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00119950
OpenAlex ID: W2079149672
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1064133