That? I have a wonderful proof.
Oops, the margin is too small to write it down.
BTW they didn't understand Desargues or Grassmann either. But this guy takes the cake.
” I have a wonderful proof...the margin is too small to write it down”
from Goedel, Escher, Bach on Fermat’s last theorem.
It's incredible... A proof hundreds of pages long, much of it involving a new and difficult area or form of mathematics no one has ever seen before, all extensively developed by one guy without the benefit of any kind of peer input.
The guy's got a big brass pair is all I've got to say. I mean, one little subtle oversight and ten years of work goes up in flames. Major embarrassment. Hari-Kari time.