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I was tempted to use that but Fermat's last theorem is known to the general public for much longer and has a resolution.
by zitterbewegung 5y ago
I was tempted to use that but Fermat's last theorem is known to the general public for much longer and has a resolution.
- contravariant 5y agoIt was a good example, and definitely one of the more important examples of how finding and fixing mistakes in mathematics is supposed to happen. I figured the abc-conjecture would provide a nice contrasting example.