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Note the last sentence of what he wrote: "I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this, which this margin is too narrow to contain."
Fermat's last theorem is so famous that proving it, or arriving at a new proof of it followed by a discussion is often used to describe activities that consume a lot of time and irks people around you, especially in a queue.
To one of the four greatest mathematicians, Pierre de Fermat, sengil chukha hamnida! Get to know Pierre here.
Thank you The Geek Atlas: 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive by John Graham-Cumming. Thank you Google for the alert.
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