OMG!! Some dude has solved Fermats Last Theorem! :O :O :O ⇒
9 December 2005, early evening
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Does he have any other unsolved theorems? I am almost certain I heard my prof say it hasn’t been solved. This is breaking news to me.
by Krishna on December 9 2005, 11:15 pm #
Krishna, the only possible way your prof could have meant that the theorem was still unsolved (without being completely wrong) is that if he meant that Fermat’s original solution, which he claimed to have, has still been unfound.
Wiles’ theorem is ridiculously complex and included mathematics developed only very recently, so it could not possibly be the solution that Fermat alluded to. Of course, a lot of people just feel that Fermat was incorrect about his proof, not realizing just how devilishly difficult the simple looking problem is.
Read this book for the whole story. (If that link breaks stuff, please fix my monkey mistakes Ram, thanks).
by Dinu on December 10 2005, 4:10 am #
I have a book called Fermat’s Last Theorem if you want to borrow it, Krishna.
by martha on December 10 2005, 1:28 pm #
Yes I would. Perhaps I shall borrow it from you towards the end of the term.
by Krishna on December 10 2005, 9:20 pm #