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A Study of Kummer's Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for Regular Primes

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Abstract

We study Kummer's approach towards proving the Fermat's last Theorem for regular primes. Some basic algebraic prerequisites are also discussed in this report, and also a brief history of the problem is mentioned. We review among other things the Class number formula, and use this formula to conclude our study.

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@article{arxiv.1307.3459,
  title  = {A Study of Kummer's Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for Regular Primes},
  author = {Manjil P. Saikia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.3459},
  year   = {2013}
}

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11 pages