rdlanctot@instr.okanagan.bc.ca (Ryan Lanctot) (03/26/89)
Isn't that the one where he wrote in one of his notebooks that he had an answer, but never wrote down the answer? I seem to remember seeing that fermat's last theorim was proven by a guy a while ago in an issue of Nature. Quite a big story, if I'm correct. I'll check it out in our library here. later... Ryan Lanctot <rdlanctot@instr.okanagan.bc.ca>
gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) (03/27/89)
In article <165*rdlanctot@instr.okanagan.bc.ca> rdlanctot@instr.okanagan.bc.ca (Ryan Lanctot) writes: >Isn't that the one where he wrote in one of his notebooks that he had an >answer, but never wrote down the answer? I seem to remember seeing that >fermat's last theorim was proven by a guy a while ago in an issue of Nature. I don't know why this is all of a sudden showing up in the Apple II newsgroup (I've directed followups to sci.math), but the story of Fermat's Last "Theorem" is recounted in many popular math books. It has not been proven yet, at least not to the satisfaction of knowedgeable number theorists. Don't believe everything you read.
rdlanctot@instr.okanagan.bc.ca (Ryan Lanctot) (03/28/89)
The comment on the theorim was a response to part of a message by David Lyons on viruses. Sorry, I should have included some sort of header there. :) Ryan Lanctot <rdlanctot@instr.okanagan.bc.ca>