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An Oxford professor has won £500,000 for solving the 300-year-old Fermat's Last Theorem
Business Insider ^ | 03/16/2016 | Charles Clark

Posted on 03/16/2016 7:26:38 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: thesharkboy

Nicely played


41 posted on 03/16/2016 8:21:40 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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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)
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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

43 posted on 03/16/2016 8:29:31 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: SeekAndFind
Oops. I meant for #43 to go to you.

I often talk to myself.

44 posted on 03/16/2016 8:31:47 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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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.)
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To: Leaning Right
It doesn’t 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)
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To: SeekAndFind
I worked on that when I was younger. I guess I just needed to simplify my thought processes ;-)

Ed

47 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)
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To: jimmygrace

They had to pass the hat.


48 posted on 03/16/2016 8:59:13 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Kirkwood
So if the proof takes 200 pages, then Fermat was making a joke that it doesn’t fit in a page margin?

Either Fermat had a much more elegant proof - or he was yanking posterity's chain.

49 posted on 03/16/2016 9:36:34 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (Trump fans:'he's no more conservative than Mitt'-www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3389209/posts)
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“Fermat didn’t have this proof. This is a twentieth century proof.” —Andrew Wiles


50 posted on 03/19/2016 9:54:00 AM PDT by onedoug
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