From 689a2b5c58a18907ba7f79a1ff9144070e155910 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Norvig Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 10:12:11 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Fix link formatting in Beal.ipynb --- ipynb/Beal.ipynb | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ipynb/Beal.ipynb b/ipynb/Beal.ipynb index 9453899..5441fbe 100644 --- a/ipynb/Beal.ipynb +++ b/ipynb/Beal.ipynb @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ">
and $x, y, z$ are all greater than $2$, \n", ">
then $A, B$ and $C$ must have a common prime factor.\n", "\n", - "[Andrew Wiles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wiles) proved Fermat's theorem in 1995, but Beal's conjecture remains unproved, and Beal has offered [one million dollars](http://www.ams.org/profession/prizes-awards/ams-supported/beal-prize) for a proof or disproof. I don't have the mathematical skills of Wiles, so I could never find a proof, but I can write a program to search for counterexamples. I first wrote [that program in 2000](http://norvig.com/beal2000.html), and [my name got associated](https://www.google.com/webhp?#q=beal conjecture) with Beal's Conjecture, which means I get a lot of emails with purported proofs or counterexamples (many asking how they can collect their prize money). So far, all the emails have been wrong. This notebook catalogs some of the more common errors, updates my 2000 program, and introduces this tool for verifying counterexamples:\n", + "[Andrew Wiles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wiles) proved Fermat's theorem in 1995, but Beal's conjecture remains unproved, and Beal has offered [one million dollars](http://www.ams.org/profession/prizes-awards/ams-supported/beal-prize) for a proof or disproof. I don't have the mathematical skills of Wiles, so I could never find a proof, but I can write a program to search for counterexamples. I first wrote [that program in 2000](http://norvig.com/beal2000.html), and [my name got associated](https://www.google.com/webhp?#q=beal-conjecture) with Beal's Conjecture, which means I get a lot of emails with purported proofs or counterexamples (many asking how they can collect their prize money). So far, all the emails have been wrong. This notebook catalogs some of the more common errors, updates my 2000 program, and introduces this tool for verifying counterexamples:\n", " \n", "\n", "| [**Online Beal Counterexample Checker**](http://norvig.com/bealcheck.html) |\n",