Witness History: Archive 2011 - Fermat's Last Theorem

Solving Fermat's Last Theorem had intrigued mathematicians for centuries.

In June 1993 a British academic, Andrew Wiles, thought he'd cracked it. But then someone pointed out a flaw in his calculations and it took him another year to correct it.

Published on Thursday, 23rd June 2011.

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