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Not sure on this, but it is said the Fermat's Last Theorme proof involved most every area of modern mathematics. Andrew Wiles was so productive he dribbled out
by JJMcJ 7y ago
Not sure on this, but it is said the Fermat's Last Theorme proof involved most every area of modern mathematics.
Andrew Wiles was so productive he dribbled out older results to hide the fact he was 100% on the Fermat problem for years.
Huang and Knuth are pretty smart as well it seems like.
- hilbertseries 7y agoThe proof of Fermats last theorem did not involve many areas of mathematics. It was primarily proved via algebraic geometry. That’s also not true about wiles productivity... he first discovered the proof in 93 but then when he talked to people about it an error was found. He eventually fixed the error in 94 and then in 95 it was published. No mathematician waits to publish the proof of one of the greatest unsolved problems in mathematics.
- insulanus 7y agoThe above comment is talking about Wiles slowly giving out unrelated results he had saved up before starting on Fermat's last Theorem in earnest.