Fermat meets SWAC: Vandiver, the lehmers, computers, and number theory

Leo Corry

doi:10.1109/MAHC.2008.6

Fermat meets SWAC: Vandiver, the lehmers, computers, and number theory

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This article describes the work of Harry Schultz Vandiver, Derrick Henry Lehmer, and Emma Lehmer on calculations related with proofs of Fermat's last theorem. This story sheds light on ideological and institutional aspects of activity in number theory in the US during the 20th century, and on the incursion of computer-assisted methods into pure fields of mathematical research.

اللغة الأصلية	الإنجليزيّة
الصفحات (من إلى)	38-49
عدد الصفحات	12
دورية	IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
مستوى الصوت	30
رقم الإصدار	1
المعرِّفات الرقمية للأشياء	https://doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2008.6
حالة النشر	نُشِر - يناير 2008
منشور خارجيًا	نعم

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Fermat meets SWAC: Vandiver, the lehmers, computers, and number theory

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