An elliptic curve whose discriminant is (essentially) a perfect 2pth powerwould be a strange animal, indeed! The proof of Fermat's last theorem liesin showing that such a curve cannot exist and comes down to proving thefollowing two statements
An elliptic curve whose discriminant is (essentially) a perfect 2pth power<br>would be a strange animal, indeed! The proof of Fermat's last theorem lies<br>in showing that such a curve cannot exist and comes down to proving the<br>following two statements