Eisenstein's Conjecture/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Eisenstein's Conjecture
Eisenstein's Conjecture was proven false in $1953$, when John Lewis Selfridge discovered the factor $825 \, 753 \, 601$ using the SWAC.
Sources
- 1953: J.L. Selfridge: Note $156$ -- Factors of Fermat numbers (MTAC Vol. 7: pp. 274 – 275) www.jstor.org/stable/2002843
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Eisenstein, Ferdinand Gotthold Max (1823-52)