abc conjecture
Sign in to saveAlso known as Oesterlé–Masser conjecture, Oesterlé-Masser conjecture, Oesterlé Masser conjecture
number theory conjecture
Key facts
- Field
- Number theory
- Conjectured by
- Joseph Oesterlé David Masser
- Equivalent to
- Modified Szpiro conjecture
- Consequences
- Beal conjecture Erdős–Ulam problem Faltings' theorem Fermat's Last Theorem Fermat–Catalan conjecture Roth's theorem Tijdeman's theorem
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Mathematician Joseph Oesterlé Mathematician David Masser The abc conjecture (also known as the Oesterlé–Masser conjecture) is a conjecture in number theory that arose out of a discussion of Joseph Oesterlé and David Masser in 1985. It is stated in terms of three positive integers
a , b
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