FAQ About Sophie Germain
How did Sophie Germain contribute to Fermat's Last Theorem?
Sophie Germain made significant progress on Fermat's Last Theorem, particularly for the case where n is a prime less than 100. She developed the Germain Criterion which offered a method of proving the theorem for specific cases by showing that if x, y, z are integers that satisfy x^n + y^n = z^n, then one of them must be divisible by the prime n.
