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Fermat's Last Theorem

For 300 years mathematicians have tried without success to prove a theorem Pierre de Fermat asserted he could prove: No nth power can be the sum of two other nth powers, where n is greater than 2

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 239 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “Fermat's Last Theorem” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 239 No. 4 (), p. 104
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1078-104