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“Fermat’s Last Theorem”

A puzzle by H.A. Thurston, from the April 1947 issue of Eureka, the journal of recreational mathematics published at Cambridge University:

https://www.archim.org.uk/eureka/archive/Eureka-9.pdf

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The answer appears in the March 1948 issue:

“The statements of 2 and 3 are true, those of 1, 4 and 5 are false.”

But no full solution is given.

(The Eureka archive is published under a Creative Commons license.)

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 | Puzzles

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