1. Introduction
Theory of number has become crown of mathematics since Pythagoras time.
The Pythagorean equation,
(1)
has an infinite number of positive integer solutions for
and
; these solutions are known as Pythagorean triplets (P.T.) (with the simplest example
[1] - [6] . Around 1637, Fermat wrote in the margin of a book that the more generalized equation,
had no solutions in the positive integers if n is an integer greater than 2. In theory, this statement is known as Fermat’s Last Theorem (it is also called as Fermat’s conjecture before 1995). The cases
and
have been known from Pythagoras time having infinite solutions [1] . The proposition was first stated as a theorem by Pierre de Fermat around 1637. It was written in the margin of a copy of Arithmetica. Fermat claimed that he had a proof and due to the lengthy calculation, he was unable to fit in the margin of the copy. However, after his death no document was found to substantiate his claim. Consequently, the proposition became as a conjecture rather than a theorem. After 358 years of effort by mathematicians, the first successful proof was completed in 1994 by Andrew Wiles and formally published in 1995. It was described as a “stunning advance in mathematics” in the citation for Wiles’s Abel Prize award in 2016. It was also proved many parts of the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture. Afterward, it was defined as the modularity theorem, and opened up new approaches to numerous other problems and developed powerful technique known as modularity lifting in mathematics. It is among the most outstanding out come in mathematical analysis [7] [8] [9] . Very few attempts have been made to extend the Fermat’s equation upto the 4th term [10] [11] . Recently Pramanik et.al has shown that Pythagoras triplet can adapt n number of terms in place of three terms [12] .
(Fermat-Pramanik multiplate) (2)
It is already discussed how to generate Pythagoras triplet by simple method which is illustrated briefly below [3] .
(3)
(4)
Now let us consider
where all are odd or even. If A1 will be prime then one of the B will be 1.
Henceforth from Equation (4) we can obtain,
and
Involving
and
(5)
Thus,
and
(6)
With this principle it has been shown that Fermat-Pramanik multiplate can be generated [3] . It is to be noted that
and any of
and
of Pythagorean triplets should be odd numbers if there is no common factor for
,
and
.
Now principle of generation of branching of Fermat-Pramanik multiplate will be illustrated by a simple principle. Let
is even and it is related with
and
through Equation (4) which is
.
and
can be generated from any combination of
etc. If all Bs are “odd” then the following combinations will be permitted for
as illustrated in Table 1.
Order of values of Bs are
. For Illustration the following values of
are taken
,
,
,
. Thus,
and
. Now sets will be generated are as follows,
If all Bs are even the choice for solution of
have no problem.
may have any number of any of Bs and
may have any number of any of Bs. It is to be noted that all
and
are odd (Table 2).
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Table 1. Scheme of formation of Fermat triode
where all Bs are odd.
,
,
,
.
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Table 2. Scheme of formation of Fermat triode
where all Bs are even
.
2. Branching of Fermat-Pramanik Series
Now principle of branching will be illustrated.
If the Fermat-Pramanik series are like below [12] ,
(7)
Branching can be done at any
for
and at any number. Then first it to be checked at
for its odd or even character. Let
is taken for illustration. If
is odd and branching is to be done at
, then
should be the product of two different odd numbers. If
is prime number then one number may be 1.
If
is even and it is the product of two even numbers then it can be used for branching.
(8)
Now it may be assumed
where
and
are even and
.
Therefore,
and
.
and
(9)
2+: symbol denotes branching of A4 “square” to C1 square.
Hence
+2
Let it to be illustrated with the numbers. To expand it further, the prime number 29 has been considered which can thus be splitted as the product of 1 ×
29. Thus,
and
. Henceforth,
.
can also be expanded with the same principle. So any number of branches of any length can be fabricated after proper scrutiny of
finding X and Y, hence Cs.
3. Solution of
This equation is solvable with
. Even then the combination should be taken so that the values of both the parts will be even or odd.
(10)
(11)
Now, if
and
then,
(12)
Now if
is even, then both
and
are even and
Henceforth from Equation (12) we can obtain,
(13)
Therefore,
(14)
(15)
Let various combinations of Ms may be taken (here are
) as
and values are as follows
.
Here two sets of Ms are taken: (a)
and
and (b)
and
.
Therefore,
and
(16)
Thus the product of
and
will result in,
(17)
Similarly,
and
(18)
Therefore, the product of
and
will yield in
(19)
Thus, from Equations (17) and (19) we can obtain,
(20)
For more elaboration
upto
are accepted and values of Ns are in this order of
. Some of the combinations are illustrated in Table 3.
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Table 3. Various combinations of
for evaluation of
and
.
Here is a small numerical example. For
and
,
(21)
Thus, evaluated values of
and
are 40 and 24 respectively and therefore,
.
Similarly, For
and
,
(22)
Therefore, evaluated values of
and
are 68 and 60 respectively and henceforth,
.
Thus it may be concluded that a new deductive series from Fermat–Pramanik principle can be generated as,
(23)
where,
.
Thus we have shown that the Fermat triple can generate a) Fermat-Pramanik multiplate [12] , b) Fermat-Pramanik Branched multiplate and c) Fermat-Pramanik deductive series. All these formalisms are useful for cryptography and those studies are in progress [13] .
Acknowledgement
The authors are grateful to Jadavpur University, Kolkata for moral support.