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#26 2006-01-01 18:20:43
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Re: Fermat's last theorem
I have an answer to a question not yet asked. "Relatively Prime" does not mean it is "sort-of, more-or-less, kinda Prime", it means that two numbers have no common factors (except 1 or -1) - in other words if they were a fraction they couldn't be simplified further.
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#27 2006-01-01 20:54:09
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Re: Fermat's last theorem
OK. That's good.
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#28 2006-01-02 22:23:53
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Re: Fermat's last theorem
Now the general:
1.Elliptic curve:
It wasn't so hard.
Let have a cartesian plane with coordinates xOy.
The following equation is given:
If it's "true" we plot (x,y). Otherwase, we don't plot it.
Here's a plot of elliptic curve(picture 1).
Because the equation was 2 roots:y=sqrt(...) and y=-sqrt(...) the elliptic curve is a Riemann surface.
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#29 2006-01-02 22:26:09
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Re: Fermat's last theorem
Now I should understand why every elliptic curve is Riemann surface with geus 1.
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