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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...answer? The attempts of generations of scientists to find out have made Fermat's Last Theorem the El Dorado of math problems. Now, at long last, an assistant professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University seems to have broken the code. Last month at Bonn's Max Planck Institute, Yoichi Miyaoka, 38, sketched out his answer on a blackboard for fellow mathematicians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Solving The Puzzle | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...whole numbers, then C can also be a whole number -- for example, 5 2+12 2=13 2. Fermat postulated that if the same equation is taken to a power higher than 2, such as A 3+B 3=C 3, then C can never be a whole number. Miyaoka has apparently found out why by using an esoteric branch of mathematics called arithmetic geometry. Scientists are now awaiting the first draft of his manuscript. If it checks out, the Frenchman's infuriating puzzle will finally be solved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Solving The Puzzle | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

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