InterestingPatient49
InterestingPatient49 t1_ixnor16 wrote
Reply to comment by atticdoor in TIL Diophantus of Alexandria, a mathematician from the 3rd century, came up with many mathematical equations that took a long time to solve. The last one, Fermat's Last Theorem, was first stated in 1637 and was proved in 1995 by British mathematician Andrew Wiles. by dustofoblivion123
Weird effect of Stigler's law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_examples_of_Stigler%27s_law
InterestingPatient49 t1_ixm1ci9 wrote
Reply to TIL Diophantus of Alexandria, a mathematician from the 3rd century, came up with many mathematical equations that took a long time to solve. The last one, Fermat's Last Theorem, was first stated in 1637 and was proved in 1995 by British mathematician Andrew Wiles. by dustofoblivion123
It wasn't his last theorem. Wasn't even a theorem when he wrote it, it was just a conjecture.
InterestingPatient49 t1_ixoid27 wrote
Reply to comment by Embite in TIL Diophantus of Alexandria, a mathematician from the 3rd century, came up with many mathematical equations that took a long time to solve. The last one, Fermat's Last Theorem, was first stated in 1637 and was proved in 1995 by British mathematician Andrew Wiles. by dustofoblivion123
Props to Fermat's marketing team