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Leibniz' differentiation rule

For [math]\displaystyle{ f: {}^{(\omega)}\mathbb{K}^{\grave{n}} \rightarrow {}^{(\omega)}\mathbb{K}, a, b: {}^{(\omega)}\mathbb{K}^{n} \rightarrow {}^{(\omega)}\mathbb{K}, \curvearrowright x := {(s, {x}_{2}, ..., {x}_{n})}^{T} }[/math] and [math]\displaystyle{ s \in {}^{(\omega)}\mathbb{K} \setminus \{{x}_{1}\} }[/math], choosing [math]\displaystyle{ \curvearrowright a(x) = a(\curvearrowright x) }[/math] and [math]\displaystyle{ \curvearrowright b(x) = b(\curvearrowright x) }[/math], it holds that

[math]\displaystyle{ \tfrac{{\downarrow} }{{\downarrow} {{x}_{1}}}\left( {\uparrow}_{a(x)}^{b(x)}{f(x,t){\downarrow}t} \right)={\uparrow}_{a(x)}^{b(x)}{\tfrac{{\downarrow} f(x,t)}{{\downarrow} {{x}_{1}}}{\downarrow}t}+\tfrac{{\downarrow} b(x)}{{\downarrow} {{x}_{1}}}f(\curvearrowright x,b(x))-\tfrac{{\downarrow} a(x)}{{\downarrow} {{x}_{1}}}f(\curvearrowright x,a(x)). }[/math]

Proof:

[math]\displaystyle{ \begin{aligned}\tfrac{{\downarrow} }{{\downarrow} {{x}_{1}}}\left( {\uparrow}_{a(x)}^{b(x)}{f(x,t){\downarrow}t} \right) &={\left( {\uparrow}_{a(\curvearrowright x)}^{b(\curvearrowright x)}{f(\curvearrowright x,t){\downarrow}t}-{\uparrow}_{a(x)}^{b(x)}{f(x,t){\downarrow}t} \right)}/{{\downarrow} {{x}_{1}}}\; \\ &={\left( {\uparrow}_{a(x)}^{b(x)}{(f(\curvearrowright x,t)-f(x,t)){\downarrow}t}+{\uparrow}_{b(x)}^{b(\curvearrowright x)}{f(\curvearrowright x,t){\downarrow}t}-{\uparrow}_{a(x)}^{a(\curvearrowright x)}{f(\curvearrowright x,t){\downarrow}t} \right)}/{{\downarrow} {{x}_{1}}}\; \\ &={\uparrow}_{a(x)}^{b(x)}{\tfrac{{\downarrow} f(x,t)}{{\downarrow} {{x}_{1}}}{\downarrow}t}+\tfrac{{\downarrow} b(x)}{{\downarrow} {{x}_{1}}}f(\curvearrowright x,b(x))-\tfrac{{\downarrow} a(x)}{{\downarrow} {{x}_{1}}}f(\curvearrowright x,a(x)).\square\end{aligned} }[/math]

Beal's theorem

Equation [math]\displaystyle{ a^m + b^n = c^k }[/math] for [math]\displaystyle{ a, b, c \in \mathbb{N}^{*} }[/math] and [math]\displaystyle{ k, m, n \in \mathbb{N}_{\ge 3} }[/math] implies gcd[math]\displaystyle{ (a, b, c) \gt 1. }[/math]

Proof:

For [math]\displaystyle{ b^n = (c^{kq}-a^{mr})\left(\tilde{c}^{k\acute{q}} + \tilde{a}^{m\acute{r}}\right) = c^k - a^m + c^{kq} \tilde{a}^{m\acute{r}} - \tilde{c}^{k\acute{q}} a^{mr} }[/math], the function [math]\displaystyle{ f(q,r) := c^{k(\hat{q}-1)} - a^{m(\hat{r}-1)} = 0 }[/math] is continuous in [math]\displaystyle{ q, r \in {}^{\omega} \mathbb{R}_{\gt 0} }[/math] and [math]\displaystyle{ (q_0, r_0) = \left(\check{1}, \check{1}\right) }[/math] solves the equation. Every further solution in fractions yields after exponentiation gcd[math]\displaystyle{ (a, c) \gt 1 }[/math] and thus proves the claim.[math]\displaystyle{ \square }[/math]

Conclusion:

The Fermat-Catalan conjecture can be proven analogously and an infinite descent implies because of gcd[math]\displaystyle{ (a, b, c) \gt 1 }[/math] that no [math]\displaystyle{ n \in {}^{\omega}\mathbb{N}_{\ge 3} }[/math] satisfies [math]\displaystyle{ a^n + b^n = c^n }[/math] for arbitrary [math]\displaystyle{ a, b, c \in {}^{\omega}\mathbb{N}^{*}.\square }[/math]

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