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jameshartyesterday at 7:37 PM4 repliesview on HN

There is no way Fermat could have fit that in the margin. Definitely vindicated.


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zamadatixyesterday at 8:38 PM

While pretty much everyone is certain Fermat was mistaken in believing he had a valid proof for the theorem, this is an expanded (compared to proof presentations) version of one proof - not the shortest presentation of the shortest valid proof.

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bananaflagyesterday at 8:01 PM

I am really interested in whether AI will find a significantly easier (1920 level or so) proof of FLT.

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egl2020today at 2:21 AM

Maybe we need "de Moura complexity": the shortest Lean proof of a theorem.

avodonosovyesterday at 10:23 PM

And he was right to call it marvelous.