A curvy path leads to Fermat's last theorem. (mathematician Andrew Wiles establishes truth of Fermat's last theorem)

Science News | July 3, 1993| | Copyright

After more than 300 years, Fermat's last theorem may finally live up to its common designation as a theorem. In a dramatic announcement that caught the mathematical community completely by surprise, Andrew Wiles of Princeton University revealed last week that he had proved major parts of a significant conjecture in number theory, These results, in turn, establish the truth of Fermat's famous, devilishly simple conjecture.

"It's an amazing piece of work," says Peter C. Sarnak, one of Wiles' Princeton colleagues. "The proof hasn't been totally checked, but it's very ...

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