James M. reviewed on 2/5/2015 + 9 more book reviews

This was an interesting discussion of all the efforts by many individuals to solve this problem. The problem is so simple that a high school student might think they could solve it by finding an exception to the rule but clearly it is not. A^2 + B^2 = C^2 or 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2. Fermat says he can prove there are no solutions for cubes or higher that result in all integers. The final solution that is presented is very complicated and totally lacks mathematical elegance. Certainly not something Fermat would have come up with. Maybe there is more to come on the subject

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