2007-11-23 16:47:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Wasn't me.
2007-11-23 16:50:10 · answer #1 · answered by redd headd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic states that every composite number can be expressed(factorised) as a product of primes, and this factorisation is unique apart from the order in which the prime factors occur.
An equivalent version of the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic was probably first recorded as Proposition 14 of Book 9 in Euclid's Elements.
However, the first correct proof was given by Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) in his Disquistiones Arithmeticae.
2007-11-24 01:22:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The theorem was practically proved by Euclid, but the first full and correct proof is found in the Disquisitiones Arithmeticae by Carl Friedrich Gauss.
2007-11-24 00:53:10 · answer #3 · answered by Mark P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what IS the "fundamental theorem of arithmetic"?
Hmm, wikipedia claims it is the unique factorization thm and
blames it on Euclid.
2007-11-24 01:27:06 · answer #4 · answered by warren_d_smith31 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Euclid gave a practical proof but Gauss gave the first formal proof.
2007-11-24 00:54:34 · answer #5 · answered by Sage B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋