webfact Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Professor wins $700k for solving 300-year-old math equation By Sheena McKenzie, CNN (CNN)It was a problem that had baffled mathematicians for centuries -- until British professor Andrew Wiles set his mind to it. "There are no whole number solutions to the equation xn + yn = zn when n is greater than 2." Otherwise known as "Fermat's Last Theorem," this equation was first posed by French mathematician Pierre de Fermat in 1637, and had stumped the world's brightest minds for more than 300 years. Full story: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/16/europe/fermats-last-theorem-solved-math-abel-prize/index.html -- CNN 2016-03-18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thongkorn Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 British. Suppose he is English then. British institutional racism at its best Scotland for Scots. Wales for Welch. Ireland for Irish. But English British . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Wrong equation posted in this article. That n is the power of the three variables x,y and z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Wrong equation posted in this article. That n is the power of the three variables x,y and z. Thanks, fixed the OP. The article linked to is correct so something went awry in the copy / paste. EDIT Looks like he cracked it in 1994, did he not tell anyone?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpinx Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 (edited) Wrong equation posted in this article. That n is the power of the three variables x,y and z. Thanks, fixed the OP. The article linked to is correct so something went awry in the copy / paste. EDIT Looks like he cracked it in 1994, did he not tell anyone?? 20 year old news is what one comes to expect of CNN EDIT to add -- my bad -- it was only now that he got the dosh Edited March 18, 2016 by jpinx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share Posted March 18, 2016 and this week was awarded the hugely prestigious 2016 Abel Prize http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/16/europe/fermats-last-theorem-solved-math-abel-prize/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Off-topic posts removed. Commenting on the sources of news, why it is posted and other comments will earn suspensions. If you do not wish to comment, you are under no obligation to do so, but the superfluous comments directed at the news team, or sources is not permitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifric Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Incorrect longthorn - it's English for English but British for Scots, Irish and Welsh (not Welsch) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouse Twoccer Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 British. Suppose he is English then. British institutional racism at its best Scotland for Scots. Wales for Welch. Ireland for Irish. But English British . Institutional racism? Posters on here get worse by the day. Why do you suppose he's English? What is Welch, a Shadows guitarist? Ireland is not part of the British Commonwealth, Irish people are not British, they're Irish. Citizens of Northern Ireland are British though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitawatWatawit Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Perhaps our mathematician friend can solve the age-old problem of who is English and who is British?... Not that anyone really cares, so I'll call back in 300 years :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobmac10 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 British. Suppose he is English then. British institutional racism at its best Scotland for Scots. Wales for Welch. Ireland for Irish. But English British . Brought your baggage over with you then, did you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 ...I would say he earned it.... ...and if we factor in the number of years he spent on this problem I wonder how much he made per hour...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morakot Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maoro2013 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 What is the solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morakot Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 (edited) What is the solution? Free beer? Hang on... what was the problem again? No solution, but a proof. Edited March 18, 2016 by Morakot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 What? 300 years to solve a math equation...I did not know mathematicians lived that long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorri Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 British. Suppose he is English then. British institutional racism at its best Scotland for Scots. Wales for Welch. Ireland for Irish. But English British . What's your problem, sad because you didn't solve the equation, you seem to have issues, your comment has NOTHING to do with the op. Wish I could understand what the equation is all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunken Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 British. Suppose he is English then. British institutional racism at its best Scotland for Scots. Wales for Welch. Ireland for Irish. But English British . Institutional racism? Posters on here get worse by the day. Why do you suppose he's English? What is Welch, a Shadows guitarist? Ireland is not part of the British Commonwealth, Irish people are not British, they're Irish. Citizens of Northern Ireland are British though. Almost right but not quite. Citizens of NI are not British but UK (Britain & NI) citizens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindMagician Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 I suggest you read the book my Simon Singh. Then try to find a proof that might fit into Fermat's footnotes space. Or proove there is no such compact proof, and hence prove Fermat was bragging and couldn't back it up. That's the real remaining challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza40 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 There usually is a significant time gap between a scientific achievement and awards for same, because the achievement undergoes exhaustive testing by peers in the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpinx Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 British. Suppose he is English then. British institutional racism at its best Scotland for Scots. Wales for Welch. Ireland for Irish. But English British . Institutional racism? Posters on here get worse by the day. Why do you suppose he's English? What is Welch, a Shadows guitarist? Ireland is not part of the British Commonwealth, Irish people are not British, they're Irish. Citizens of Northern Ireland are British though. Almost right but not quite. Citizens of NI are not British but UK (Britain & NI) citizens. They are also Irish citizens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khon Kaen Dave Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 WOW! what a brain, a 300 year old question. So,come on then clever clogs.What did come first,the chicken or the egg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smotherb Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Perhaps our mathematician friend can solve the age-old problem of who is English and who is British?... Not that anyone really cares, so I'll call back in 300 years It's such a dinky place, don't you all know each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobsworth Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 WOW! what a brain, a 300 year old question. So,come on then clever clogs.What did come first,the chicken or the egg? neither. there must have been some sort of intermediate form that looked like both the chicken and the egg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrowsdawdle Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Okay, but what about Somchai's theorem? If you give the Thai clerk 1,000 baht for a 150 baht purchase = you will get 350 baht change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 WOW! what a brain, a 300 year old question. So,come on then clever clogs.What did come first,the chicken or the egg? The obvious answer is, the chicken, which I theorized was morphed from another species into and egg laying species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Wrong equation posted in this article. That n is the power of the three variables x,y and z. Thanks, fixed the OP. The article linked to is correct so something went awry in the copy / paste. EDIT Looks like he cracked it in 1994, did he not tell anyone?? He misplaced the back of the cigarette packet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Travolta Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 British. Suppose he is English then. British institutional racism at its best Scotland for Scots. Wales for Welch. Ireland for Irish. But English British . I found the maths equation easier to *decipher* than your sentence! *decipher* means figure out or solve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyman Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Okay, but what about Somchai's theorem? If you give the Thai clerk 1,000 baht for a 150 baht purchase = you will get 350 baht change. Nice 1 ! By far the best post here sofar, I laughed my socks off ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I am sure a Thai mathematician would have solved this years ago. They would just be too modest to announce it in a press release.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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