Exercise 15.1.1

Prove that the numbers described in Abel’s theorem at the beginning of the chapter are precisely those in Theorem 10.2.1, provided we replace “product of several numbers” with “product of distinct numbers” in Abel’s statement of the theorem.

Answers

Proof. The numbers described in Theorem 10.2.1 are the integers n = 2 s p 1 p r , where p 1 , , p r are distinct Fermat primes, of the form p k = 2 n k + 1 . Thus these numbers are the product of distinct numbers of the form 2 m , or 2 m + 1 , where 2 m + 1 is prime, as described in the Theorem of Abel. □

User profile picture
2022-07-19 00:00
Comments