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Video: Documentary on Proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem

Portrait of Pierre de Fermat.

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Not a standard post! This post is a tribute to one of the greatest mathematicians in world history, Pierre de Fermat on his 410th birthday. New to his name? Read this wikipedia article to discover about Pierre Fermat.
His Last Theorem is very famous amongst mathematicians because of its unsolvability. It was unsolved for almost 4 centuries. Learn about Fermat’s Last Theorem here. As a tribute, below is a youtube video created for BBC Horizon programme. This video is Simon Singh‘s moving documentary of Andrew Wiles‘ extraordinary search for the most elusive proof in number theory, i.e., proof of Fermat’s last theorem.

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