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An Oxford professor has won £500,000 for solving the 300-year-old Fermat's Last Theorem
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| 03/16/2016
| Charles Clark
Posted on 03/16/2016 7:26:38 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: thesharkboy
41
posted on
03/16/2016 8:21:40 AM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: VRWCmember
The image is the correct presentation
42
posted on
03/16/2016 8:23:45 AM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: Steely Tom
3987^12 = 16 134 474 609 751 291 283 496 491 970 515 151 715 346 481.
4365^12 = 47 842 181 739 947 321 332 739 738 982 639 336 181 640 625.
3987^12 + 4365^12 = 63 976 656 349 698 612 616 236 230 953 154 487 896 987 106.
4472^12 = 63 976 656 348 486 725 806 862 358 322 168 575 784 124 416.
Here are the two sides of the equation on top of one another:
63 976 656 348 486 725 806 862 358 322 168 575 784 124 416
63 976 656 349 698 612 616 236 230 953 154 487 896 987 106
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posted on
03/16/2016 8:29:31 AM PDT
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Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: SeekAndFind
Oops. I meant for #43 to go to you.
I often talk to myself.
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posted on
03/16/2016 8:31:47 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: Steely Tom
Ahh, the venerable Kabayashi Maru approach to solving the intractable problem.
45
posted on
03/16/2016 8:33:07 AM PDT
by
linear
(Fealty to no man or party.)
To: Leaning Right
It doesnt matter who discovers first Who makes it stick is who matters. e.g. Christopher Columbus
46
posted on
03/16/2016 8:46:04 AM PDT
by
MosesKnows
(Love Many, Trust Few, and Always Paddle Your Own Canoe)
To: SeekAndFind
I worked on that when I was younger. I guess I just needed to simplify my thought processes ;-)
Ed
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posted on
03/16/2016 8:46:43 AM PDT
by
husky ed
(FOX NEWS ALERT "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" THIS HAS BEEN A FOX NEWS ALERT)
To: jimmygrace
They had to pass the hat.
To: Kirkwood
So if the proof takes 200 pages, then Fermat was making a joke that it doesnt fit in a page margin?Either Fermat had a much more elegant proof - or he was yanking posterity's chain.
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posted on
03/16/2016 9:36:34 AM PDT
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ConservingFreedom
(Trump fans:'he's no more conservative than Mitt'-www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3389209/posts)
To: ConservingFreedom
“Fermat didn’t have this proof. This is a twentieth century proof.” —Andrew Wiles
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posted on
03/19/2016 9:54:00 AM PDT
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onedoug
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