MATH : Fermat's Last Theorem: did Fermat have proof or did he guess?

Subject: MATH : Fermat's Last Theorem: did Fermat have proof or did he guess?

Date: Sun Feb 15 10:42:57 1998
Posted by jerry marcantel
Grade level: undergrad
School: Louisiana State University at Alexandria
City: glenmora State/Province: La
Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 887560977.Ph

Message:


I am a amateur mathematician. On PBS I saw a show on the guy Andrew Wiles who proved Fermat's Last Theorem. Some of the mathematicians
"hinted" that Fermat did not have any proof. That Fermat just stated
his theorem with on proof. Is this a general consensus in the math
community?

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