Friday, June 07, 1996
Ummm...I'm back and here's why.
I probably embarrassed myself enough last time but I've come across some more curious stuff that seems to relate to FLT. I figured it wouldn't hurt to put it out here.
All variables are Naturals.
Consider a^2 + b^2 = c^2 and of course x^n + y^n = z^n
where a^2 > z^n and b^2 > z^n
Since all terms of the form j^n are summations of odds the above means that the squared equation contains the terms of the other one.
For example: j^3 = the summation from 1 to j of 3k^2 - 3k + 1
I need to introduce a new term which I call the square equivalent (SE)
SE equals the square which would have any given odd as its last term.
For example: With 2^3 the last odd is 3(2^2) - 3(2) + 1 = 7
Then SE(2^3)=(7+1)/2=4 which just means that 7 is the last odd term of
the summation that gives 4^2.
Now the rest,
a^2 - x^n + b^2 - y^n = c^2 - z^n
Because summation terms are squared, I can rewrite the above in the following way.
a^2 - x^n + b^2 - SE(y^n)^2 = c^2 - SE(z^n)^2 + Q
Q equals the summation from b+1 to SE(z^n) of 2j-1 - (z^n - y^n)
Putting it all together leads to the following:
SE(z^n)^2 - SE(y^n)^2 = the summation from b+1 to SE(z^n) of 2j-1
Which undoubtably looks strange but here's an example with n=3
SE(z^3)= (3z^2 - 3z)/2 + 1
So the above is
[(3z^2-3z)/2+1]^2 - [(3y^2-3y)/2+1]^2 = the summation from b+1 to (3z^2-3z)/2 + 1) of 2j-1 = [(3z^2 - 3z)/2 + 1]^2 - b^2
Which gives
[(3y^2 - 3y)/2 + 1]^2 = b^2
But I don't stipulate a single value for b^2 and only require that it be greater than z^n along with a^2. And that a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
I hope that's interesting and at least somewhat understandable. It's actually simple if you play with summations a lot.
I make no claims but will appreciate comments. At least I still seem to be original.
All variables are Naturals.
Consider a^2 + b^2 = c^2 and of course x^n + y^n = z^n
where a^2 > z^n and b^2 > z^n
Since all terms of the form j^n are summations of odds the above means that the squared equation contains the terms of the other one.
For example: j^3 = the summation from 1 to j of 3k^2 - 3k + 1
I need to introduce a new term which I call the square equivalent (SE)
SE equals the square which would have any given odd as its last term.
For example: With 2^3 the last odd is 3(2^2) - 3(2) + 1 = 7
Then SE(2^3)=(7+1)/2=4 which just means that 7 is the last odd term of
the summation that gives 4^2.
Now the rest,
a^2 - x^n + b^2 - y^n = c^2 - z^n
Because summation terms are squared, I can rewrite the above in the following way.
a^2 - x^n + b^2 - SE(y^n)^2 = c^2 - SE(z^n)^2 + Q
Q equals the summation from b+1 to SE(z^n) of 2j-1 - (z^n - y^n)
Putting it all together leads to the following:
SE(z^n)^2 - SE(y^n)^2 = the summation from b+1 to SE(z^n) of 2j-1
Which undoubtably looks strange but here's an example with n=3
SE(z^3)= (3z^2 - 3z)/2 + 1
So the above is
[(3z^2-3z)/2+1]^2 - [(3y^2-3y)/2+1]^2 = the summation from b+1 to (3z^2-3z)/2 + 1) of 2j-1 = [(3z^2 - 3z)/2 + 1]^2 - b^2
Which gives
[(3y^2 - 3y)/2 + 1]^2 = b^2
But I don't stipulate a single value for b^2 and only require that it be greater than z^n along with a^2. And that a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
I hope that's interesting and at least somewhat understandable. It's actually simple if you play with summations a lot.
I make no claims but will appreciate comments. At least I still seem to be original.