Fermat's Last Theorem

Heard in 2 episodes across 2 shows since Sep 2026

Fermat's Last Theorem is a famous statement in number theory which asserts that no three positive integers a, b, and c can satisfy the equation a^n + b^n = c^n for any integer value of n greater than 2. First conjectured by Pierre de Fermat in 1637 in the margin of a copy of Arithmetica, it remained unsolved for over three centuries until it was successfully proven by British mathematician Andrew Wiles in 1994.