Fermat's Last Theorem vs. Google

When it comes to higher-level mathematics, things get pretty difficult.  I’m not a mathematician, and that’s with good reason because I abhor math and its various proofs and theorems and whatnot.  In fact, I’m not even sure I understand what a theorem is, but I do know what Fermat’s Last Theorem is.  In 1637, a mathematician named Pierre De Fermat postulated Fermat’s Last Theorem, which says that in the equation aⁿ + bⁿ = cⁿ, if a, b, and c are not equal, then no three positive integers greater than two can satisfy the equation.  Google is honoring Fermat on his 410th birthday with a special Google Doodle celebrating his math prowess.

Fermat’s Last Theorem is probably the hardest math problem ever.  For 358 years, Fermat’s Last Theorem went unsolved.  That’s right, it wasn’t until 1995 that Fermat’s Last Theorem was successfully solved and proofed by a British mathematician Andrew Wiles, who worked off the work of dozens of other math wizards in the process of solving Fermat’s math.  If anyone deserves a huge honor like a Google Doodle, it’s Fermat, because he’s the king of the nerds.

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