Fermats Last Theorem CHAPTER 2 -REVIEW- The second chapter of this so far intriguing and inspirational book continues to explore the history of mathematics; introducing the reader to other famous mathematicians and the historical events that could have potentially annihilated mathematics completely. This chapter focused broadly on historical events and elaborates explicitly on the Alexandria Library, which was an attraction during the time of Ancient Greece, being as it belonged to the world first university which was located in Alexandria. The authour alternates between Pythagerus and Pierre de Fermat (on whom he gives a more detailed history) to make links between Pythagerus and his Brotherhoods discoveries and Fermats work - in such a way that the reader doesnt forget about the other mathematicians the book includes. I conclude that this chapter continues from chapter ones section about the history of mathematics and numbers, in the way that most of this chapter described historical events concerning mathematics. One section that caught my eye was the riddle said to be carved on the tomb of Diophantus: God granted him to be a boy for the sixth part of his life, and adding a twelfth part to his, He clothed his cheeks with down; He lit him in the light of wedlock after a seventh part, and five years after his marriage he granted him a son. Alas! Late-born wretched child; after attaining the measure of half his fathers full life, chill Fate took him. After consoling his grief by this science of numbers for four years he ended his life. Page 55, Fermats Last Theorem.
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