Pierre de Fermat
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Friday, July 21, 2023 (part of July 2023)
category:
Science
clue: This (fer)mathematician made significant contributions to calculus. Hopefully it will be easier to find proof of this goo's answer than it was to find proof of his last theorem.
explanation: Fermat's Last Theorem was jotted by Fermat in the margins of a book around 1637. Generations of mathematicians attempted to solve it until Andrew Wiles succeeded in 1994. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, and Richard Slominsky
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