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What theorem did Sophie Germain work on that influenced future mathematicians?

  • Pythagorean Theorem

  • Fermat's Last Theorem

  • Euler's Theorem

  • Cantor's Theorem

Answer

Fermat's Last Theorem, which states that no three positive integers a, b, and c can satisfy the equation a^n + b^n = c^n for any integer value of n greater than 2, was the focus of Sophie Germain's mathematical work. Her research on Theorem contributed to the development of number theory and influenced future mathematicians, including Adrien-Marie Legendre and Carl Friedrich Gauss.
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