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Wiles' original FLT result was first presented at a workshop in Cambridge, although he didn't explicitly state that he had succeeded (sans the gap) in proving F
by mafribe 10y ago
Wiles' original FLT result was first presented at a workshop in Cambridge, although he didn't explicitly state that he had succeeded (sans the gap) in proving FLT, he left that for the audience to infer.
- tacomonstrous 10y agoAnd that doesn't even make it unusual. Most mathematical results are first presented at conferences or workshops, sometimes long before publication.
- moomin 10y agoI was around at the time. I remember the buzz after day one of his two day workshop. Everyone knew where he was going.