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Leonard Eugene Dickson (22 January 1874 – 17 January 1954), often called "L. E. Dickson", was an American mathematician.
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Leonard Eugene Dickson on Diophantus
“Fermat, commenting about 1637 on Diophantus II, 8 (to solve x2 + y2 = a2), stated that "it is impossible to separate a cube into two cubes, or a biquadrate into two biquadrates, or in general any power higher than the second into two powers of like degree; I have discovered a truly remarkable proof which this margin is too small to contain." This theorem is known as Fermat's last theorem.”
About Leonard Eugene Dickson
Leonard Eugene Dickson (22 January 1874 – 17 January 1954), often called "L. E. Dickson", was an American mathematician.