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Proving Fermat's last theorem: 2 mathematicians explain how building bridges within the discipline helped solve a centuries-old mystery

  • Written by Maxine Calle, Ph.D. Candidate in Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania
Proving Fermat's last theorem: 2 mathematicians explain how building bridges within the discipline helped solve a centuries-old mysteryAndrew Wiles, the mathematician who presented a proof of Fermat's last theorem back in 1993, stands next to the famous result.AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast

On June 23, 1993, the mathematician Andrew Wiles gave the last of three lectures detailing his solution to Fermat’s last theorem, a problem that had remained unsolved for three and a half...

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