Sunday, April 20, 2008

Ancient Math Puzzle, Solved!

I also remember reading this article on the internet so I thought of sharing it to all Math geeks out there.

In case you dont know what is this all about, I'll give you a background:

In 1772, Mathematician Leonhard Euler proposed a Mathematical problem which deals in Number Theory. The problem was called Euler's Equation of Degree Four. The problem remained unsolved until 2008.

Here's Euler's Equation of Degree Four: a^4 + b^4 +c^4 +d^4 = (a + b + c + d)^4. In words, it is described as "four fourth powers that add up to another fourth power".

Find out who solved this puzzle and how...(kindly click the title of this post).

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