A billionaire Dallas banker will shell out USD 1 million to anyone who can solve a mathematical problem that has baffled geniuses for years.

The American Mathematical Society (AMS) in Rhode Island has announced that the prize for the solution to the Beal Conjecture, a number theory problem, has been increased to USD 1 million.

The prize and conjecture are named for D Andrew 'Andy' Beal, the Dallas banker who has a strong interest in number theory and who provided the funds for the Beal Prize.

The prize will be awarded for either a proof of, or a counterexample to, the Beal Conjecture.Mathsgeneric

A related math problem, Fermat's Last Theorem theorem was proved in the 1990s by Andrew Wiles, together with Richard Taylor.

Both the Beal Conjecture and Fermat's Last Theorem are typical of many statements in number theory: easy to say, but extremely difficult to prove.

Andy Beal first established the prize for a solution to the Beal Conjecture in 1997. To date, no correct solution to the problem has been found. The current funding is an increase from the previously funded amount of USD 1,00,000.

"I was inspired by the prize offered for proving Fermat," said Beal, a self-taught mathematician with an interest in numbers theory.

"I'd like to inspire young people to pursue math and science. Increasing the prize is a good way to draw attention to mathematics generally and the Beal Conjecture specifically.

I hope many more young people will find themselves drawn into the wonderful world of mathematics," Beal said.

The prize for solving the Beal Conjecture is not the only million-dollar prize for the solution of a mathematics problem.

In 2000, the Clay Mathematics Institute created seven USD 1-million-dollar prizes for problems now known as the Millennium Problems.

One, the Poincare Conjecture, was solved by Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman in works he made public in 2003. However, he turned down the monetary prize.

To earn the Beal Prize, a proposed solution must be published in a refereed mathematics publication which is respected and, in the opinion of the prize committee (selected by the AMS), maintains the highest editorial standards.

The banker and poker player Andrew Beal has conjectured that there are no solutions to the equation

ax + by = cz

if a, b, and c are co-prime integers, and x, y, and z are all integers > 2.



The problem is to prove the Beal Conjecture, or find a counter-example.

What's d question?I need d money

nedu2000: What's d question?I need d money

Lmao!!! So you no see the question..
My guy,just forget about this ok.. You cant even see the question,yet you want to solve it.. Hahaha

Kslib:
Lmao!!! So you no see the question..
My guy,just forget about this ok.. You cant even see the question,yet you want to solve it.. Hahaha

Kslib:
Lmao!!! So you no see the question..
My guy,just forget about this ok.. You cant even see the question,yet you want to solve it.. Hahaha

I've seen it now,lemme go 4 it....I'll give U̶̲̥̅̊ 1% of my winnings

R U̶̲̥̅̊ sure x,y & z (or a,b & c depending on how U̶̲̥̅̊ look at it)are not 'raised powers','cos writing it as ax+by=cz is rather simple to prove,what I mean is : a raised to d power of x +b raised to the power of y=c raised to the power of z

nedu2000: R U̶̲̥̅̊ sure x,y & z (or a,b & c depending on how U̶̲̥̅̊ look at it)are not 'raised powers','cos writing it as ax+by=cz is rather simple to prove,what I mean is : a raised to d power of x +b raised to the power of y=c raised to the power of z

Sorry about the mix up... This is the correct equation..
Anyone wants to make a go at this?

Let me round up my project first.

Isn't it the equation dat chike obi proved?anyways I'm trying it out

nedu2000: Isn't it the equation dat chike obi proved?anyways I'm trying it out

Prof. Chike Obi, gave scientific proof to a 361-year old mathematical puzzle known as Fermat's Last Theorem in 1998 using the a similar method as that of Fermat although the theorem had been proven using modern technological aid by 2 mathematicians in 1994.

The equation displayed on the other hand is the Beal's Conjecture proposed by number theory enthusiast Andy Beal in 1993.

the solutions are: a=8 b=6 c=4 x=7 y=10 z=29. Making substitution of values into the equation ax+by=cz we have equality of 116 at both side of the equation and co prime factor of a,b&c is 2 from the result provided. From matric240