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Sunday, June 3, 2007

Fermat's Last Theorem

In about 1630 Fermat was reading a recently published translation of Arithmetica by Diophantus of Alexandria. He was making notes in the margin and at one point he entered:
To divide a cube into two other cubes, a fourth power or in general any power whatever into two powers of the same denomination above the second is impossible, and I have assuredly found an admirable proof of this, but the margin is too narrow to contain it.


Today I have seen the documentary about the Andrew Wiles' proof of Fermat's theorem. ( Link to video: [ here ] )

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