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This theorem was accompanied by a probably false statement that declared the margin of a book was just too small to include a proof, though it wasn’t proven for another 358 years. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this theorem proven by Andrew Wiles in 1996. This theorem states that it is impossible to find three positive integers such that [read slowly] a to the n plus b to the n is equal to c to the n for n greater than 2.
ANSWER: Fermat’s Last Theorem [prompt on FLT or Fermat’s theorem or Fermat; reject “Fermat’s little theorem”]
[10h] Wiles proved Fermat’s Last Theorem by partially proving the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture, which related these objects to modular forms. These objects are defined by the equation “y squared equals x cubed plus a x plus b.”
ANSWER: elliptic curves [prompt on curves; reject “elliptical curves”; reject “ellipse”]
[10m] Most early attempts to prove the theorem focused on extending proofs that Fermat’s last theorem held for this female mathematician’s namesake prime numbers.
ANSWER: Sophie Germain (“ZHAIR-main”)
<Science - Math, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 04

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