The Most Famous (Formerly) Unsolved Problem

from The Art of Mathematics · host Carol Jacoby

Fermat’s Last Theorem is easy to state but has taken over 300 years to prove. Fermat’s supposed “marvelous proof” has been a magnet for crackpots and obsessed mathematicians, leading through a treasure hunt across almost all branches of mathematics.

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