But not least: Fermat's last theorem. (math theory) The Economist (US) | July 3, 1993 | COPYRIGHT 1993 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

THE answer is perfectly obvious...it was a joke to make you mad.al Theatre in London. The alleged joker was Pierre Fermat, a real 17th-century French mathematician who scribbled his so-called "last theorem" in the margin of a third-century Greek text, adding that he had found a "wonderful" proof of it--which the margin was unfortunately too small to contain. Finding this missing proof has busied more professional mathematicians, amateurs and cranks than any other maths puzzle. Now, after more than 350 years, the champagne corks have popped. Last week the Isaac Newton Institute ...

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