0
   

Solving Quintics and Mathematical Quandaries

 
 
Reply Wed 28 Sep, 2005 04:38 pm
Hello. Is there an algorhythm for solving quintic equations algebraically?
Has Fermat's theorem been proved or disproved?
What other mathematical quandaries are mathemticans muling over?
  • Topic Stats
  • Top Replies
  • Link to this Topic
Type: Discussion • Score: 0 • Views: 925 • Replies: 4
No top replies

 
Vengoropatubus
 
  1  
Reply Wed 28 Sep, 2005 07:32 pm
I believe some, but not all, quintic equations are algebraically solvable. Fermat's Last Theorem has been proven I think. And a list of many unsolved problems can be found at http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/UnsolvedProblems.html
0 Replies
 
JGoldman10
 
  1  
Reply Thu 29 Sep, 2005 02:24 pm
Where's the proof?
0 Replies
 
markr
 
  1  
Reply Thu 29 Sep, 2005 10:22 pm
Here's a blurb at the same site about Fermat's Last Theorem.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FermatsLastTheorem.html
0 Replies
 
g day
 
  1  
Reply Thu 29 Sep, 2005 11:45 pm
I had a good friend that attended the week long lecture series by Wiles in London. She told me it was obivious something big was developing and suddenly exotic maths lectures given during the week started getting very full of very serious, heavyweight mathematicans. On the final Friday of his lecture series showed how the general proof of the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture excluded other conjectures from being true, and wrapped up with "and of course this consequentially proves by contradiction Fermat's last theorem" - there was stunned silence then the full of sober Professors stood and cheered and burst out in praise for the man who had solved a millennium problem that took 153 years to prove!
0 Replies
 
 

Related Topics

Evolution 101 - Discussion by gungasnake
Typing Equations on a PC - Discussion by Brandon9000
The Future of Artificial Intelligence - Discussion by Brandon9000
The well known Mind vs Brain. - Discussion by crayon851
Scientists Offer Proof of 'Dark Matter' - Discussion by oralloy
Blue Saturn - Discussion by oralloy
Bald Eagle-DDT Myth Still Flying High - Discussion by gungasnake
DDT: A Weapon of Mass Survival - Discussion by gungasnake
 
  1. Forums
  2. » Solving Quintics and Mathematical Quandaries
Copyright © 2024 MadLab, LLC :: Terms of Service :: Privacy Policy :: Page generated in 0.04 seconds on 04/19/2024 at 10:20:11