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Fermat's last theorem

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The theorem that the equation an + bn = cn has no solutions in positive integers a, b, c if n is an integer greater than 2. It was stated as a marginal note by Pierre de Fermat around 1630 and not proved until 1994 by the British mathematician Andrew Wiles (born 1953).

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