In defense of Fermat

Ian Murray seamus2001 at attbi.com
Mon Nov 18 19:40:55 PST 2002


----- Original Message ----- From: "andie nachgeborenen" <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 7:26 PM Subject: Re: In defense of Fermat


> About eight years ago. Took a huge computer algorith attacking it by brute
force. No wonder Fermat couldn't fit the proof in the margin. jks
>

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Now, now; metaphors of violence cannot come close to a description of the creative beauty of mathematicians, whether neural or silicon, in action....

Ian



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