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A229382
David S. Cohen's near-miss counterexample to Fermat's Last Theorem for exponent 12.
2
3987, 4365, 4472
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The left side of the Fermat "equation" 3987^12 + 4365^12 = 4472^12 is 0.000000002% larger than the right side. However, the ones digit on both sides is the same, namely, 6.
Homer Simpson gave this "counterexample" to FLT in an episode of The Simpsons written by David S. Cohen.
REFERENCES
S. Singh, The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets, Bloomsbury USA, 2013.
FORMULA
a(n)^4 = A229383(n).
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A233648 A186799 A203190 * A159218 A159216 A236492
KEYWORD
nonn,fini,full
AUTHOR
Joe Sondow and Jonathan Sondow, Sep 23 2013
STATUS
approved