Timeline for Christening Fermat's Little Theorem
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| Jul 27, 2010 at 17:25 | comment | added | Andrea Ferretti | Exactly that one. Although it appears that the quote on the snobism of young people is due to Whitehead. | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 17:18 | comment | added | Dan Ramras | Daniel, I think Andrea might be referring to some of the discussion at the following question, especially Coudy's answer: mathoverflow.net/questions/28788/… | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 15:51 | comment | added | Daniel Litt | @Andrea Ferretti: I'm curious -- what warning of Grothendieck? | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 15:21 | comment | added | Anweshi | It occurs to me that maybe Euler is the person who actually proved it. As always, Weil's book on the history of number theory from Hammurapi to Legendre is the best source for checking such things. | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 15:20 | comment | added | Anweshi | Yes, I meant it in the sense that it is much easier to prove. | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 15:16 | comment | added | Andrea Ferretti | I think Anweshi means little in the sense that it is easy to prove. Although the warning of Grothendieck comes to mind... | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 14:54 | comment | added | danseetea | I disagree. The other theorems of Fermat you have mentioned are perhaps more beautiful (debatable), but Fermat's "Little" Theorem is by far more fundamental and more important than these theorems. | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 14:32 | history | edited | Anweshi | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jul 27, 2010 at 14:20 | history | answered | Anweshi | CC BY-SA 2.5 |