|
STALKING THE GREAT UNSOLVED PROBLEMS Series: Education Review
|
SCRIBBLING IN the margin of his book, French mathematician Pierre
de Fermat announced one day that he had found a truly remarkable
proof. It was a seemingly simple problem, but one that required a
truly elegant solution. Fermat didn't write his proof down.
Apparently there wasn't enough room in the margin. But his oversight
that day so tantalized mathematicians that for the past 300 years,
Fermat's Last Theorem has remained one of the greatest unsolved
mathematical problems. Nearly every great mathematician has
attempted a proof, but none have succeeded.
The problem appears to be so ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research
(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)
|
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; "Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything" HENRI POINCARE, FRENCH MATHEMATICIAN
|
|
|
Thought for the Day
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; "If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself." Blaise Pascal, French mathematician
|
|
Solid proof offered for famous conjecture. (Spheres in Disguise).(Grigori Perelman proves Poincare conjecture)
Magazine article from: Science News
; ...center. Mathematicians also study what they call the three-dimensional sphere--the set of all points a given distance from a center in four-dimensional space. French mathematician Henri Poincare conjectured 99 years ago that, just...can be tightened to a single point is really a ...
|
 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
|
On this day.
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
; ...VI of Scotland, later James I - and first Stuart king - of England, was born in Edinburgh Castle. 1623: Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and philosopher who invented the first calculating machines, was born. Other research led to the invention of the syringe...
|
|
On this day
Newspaper article from: Evening Mail
; ...VI of Scotland, later James I - and first Stuart king - of England, was born in Edinburgh Castle. 1623: Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and philosopher who invented the first calculating machines, was born. Other research led to the invention of the syringe...
|
|
|
Laurent Schwartz Dies at 87; French Mathematician, Activist
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; Laurent Schwartz, 87, a distinguished French mathematician who from the 1930s through the 1990s led a tumultuous life of involvement in public affairs, died July 4. The cause and location...
|
 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
|
DEAD FRENCH MATHEMATICIAN CONNECTED TO ESPIONAGE SCANDAL.(Editorial)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; Though dead for nearly two centuries, Joseph Louis Lagrange, the greatest French mathematician, is about to make news in the developing Chinese espionage scandal. A book frequently checked out of the library at Los Alamos...
|
 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
|
Agenda 2002: On this day.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; n 1623 Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and philosopher who invented the first calculating machines, was born. Other research led to the invention of the syringe and hydraulic...
|
|
By the numbers Wrist watches
Newspaper article from: Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
; 1600: Century French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal reportedly was the first person to wear a watch on the wrist 1868: Year Patek Philippe made the first...
|
|
It Happened Today!
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph
; 1623: Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and philosopher who invented the first calculating machines, was born. 1829: The London Metropolitan Police was founded, set up...
|
For more facts and information,
see all results
Find more facts and information related to the article "STALKING THE GREAT UNSOLVED PROBLEMS Series: ..."
