From ec7d0edb71b5a07a5ed168b04d47820107b633ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robin P. Clark" Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 14:23:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ok ok found a flaw in it.... --- papers/fermat/fermat.tex | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/papers/fermat/fermat.tex b/papers/fermat/fermat.tex index a3e6f0d..a62eb06 100644 --- a/papers/fermat/fermat.tex +++ b/papers/fermat/fermat.tex @@ -89,10 +89,14 @@ this can be re-written as: \begin{equation} \label{eqn:primesexpanded1} - \prod{cbpf(a,b)}^n \big( \prod{ubpf(a)^n} + \prod{ubpf(b)^n} \big) = c^n \; . + \prod{cbpf(a,b)}^n \big( \prod{ubpf(a)^n} + \prod{ubpf(b)^n} \big) = c^n \; , \end{equation} - +That is to say the inner bracket on the left hand side is an addition of co-prime numbers, +\begin{equation} +\label{eqn:primesexpanded2} + \prod{ubpf(a)^n} \perp \prod{ubpf(b)^n} \; . +\end{equation} \section{Properties of numbers viewed as products of bags of prime factors} @@ -371,6 +375,43 @@ that is larger than any found in $a$ or $b$. If this occurs, the new larger prime will not be present in $c^n$. Thus for whole numbers, where $\prod bpf(c^n)$ contains multiple primes $ a^n + b^n \neq c^n \; where \; n < 2$. +% \subsection{Another way to look at it} +% +% Take the highest prime factor in the result $c^n$. +% Try to reproduce it using integers with $a^n$ and $b^n$. +% + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% IS it true that if there are any common factors a^n +b^n = c^n cannot exist +% even for n >= 2 ???? +% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +\subsection{Hole in the theory..... pythagorean squares.... and bollocks} + +Pythagorean squares all contain uncommon prime factors in their addition and create +a large prime to the power of 2 as a result. +Fermat's last theorem is for powers, the $n$ factor, of greater than 2. +Consider where all the cubed prime factors in $a$ and $b$ are uncommon (the is $a$ and $b$ are co-prime). +The result of the addition will create a number that is the product of prime +numbers; why could some combination not produce a number with $n$ times the power of +all its primes. +Consider that although the numbers $a$ and $b$ are co-prime, there will +be prime numbers `missing' from both $a$ and $b$. If both numbers +added are odd, the prime factor 2 has to pop-up. +If 2 is a common prime factor but 3 is not that will pop-up and so on. + +But I am stumped here. If all the numbers in $a$ and $b$ are co-prime, i.e $a \perp b$, +$a^n + b^n$ could, magically, produce a result where the result $n$ number of the same prime, +or even several prime factors, but all to the power of $n$, i.e. $c^n$ where $c$ +is the prime addition of $a^n + b^n$. I just cannot see why not, so all this has proved nothing. Arrrrghhhhh. +Probably good for the soul to look at prime numbers a-lot..... + +Maybe you can take prime triplets say, and try to work back in some general way and show no $a^3 + b^3$ integer solution exists? +Or a general way of showing $a^n + b^n \; where \; n > 2$ cannot produce a simple $n$ number of all prime factors shown in the result.... +That is the last thing........ that is the only way flt can have an exception, where $a \perp b$, AND +it produces a $c^n$ where c is an integer..... \section{Further work}