Mathematicians explains Fermat's Last Theorem | Edward Frenkel and Lex Fridman

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Edward Frenkel is a mathematician at UC Berkeley working on the interface of mathematics and quantum physics. He is the author of Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality.

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Guest bio: Edward Frenkel is a mathematician at UC Berkeley working on the interface of mathematics and quantum physics. He is the author of Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality.

LexClips
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I have a truly marvelous reaction to this video that this comment section is too narrow to contain.

N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.
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Edward is such a great communicator, is obviously brilliant and yet projects no ego which seeks to diminish the average man. Rare qualities. Bravo!

BeatPoet
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I'm pretty sure working on Fermat's Last Theorem was considered professional suicide which was another reason why Andrew Wiles worked on it in secret. So many mathematicians had tried to solve it and failed over the centuries it had a stigma of being a problem you could waste your career on.

worshaka
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Loved his explanation of the Riemann Hypothesis on Numberphile.

EndlessSpaghetti
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I tried proving this theorem and quickly learned the difference between a math student and a mathematician!

frankcoverjr.-jzne
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An episode of Star Trek TNG that aired in 1989 had Captain Picard discussing the “unsolved” Fermat’s Last Theorem. This is an awesome goof because although the story takes place in the distant future, it was created five years before the proof was published.

richardadams
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The premise for Fermat's Last Theorem is not difficult to understand. Solve it, though, took around 300 years. There's a book by Simon Singh called Fermat's Last Theorem for non-mathematicians. It talks about the story and the history behind the problem.

kichigan
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Fermat proved the theorem for fourth powers (in fact, he proved a stronger statement for fourth powers). Euler (almost) proved the theorem for cubes, but his proof had a gap that was later filled in.

Entropize
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It really is like an adventure story. Max Tegmark tells a similar adventure-like story regarding decoherence in his book Our Mathematical Universe, if anyone's interested.

calebwhales
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Fermat proved the case n = 4; Euler did the case of n = 3 (well he has credit for it; its a bit complicated) and other people have credit for specific exponents up to n = 11.

jamesknapp
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This guy is amazing, pls bring him again

alvarofernande
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Great guest! I've watched his videos in the past and they were always inspirational. I almost didn't recognize him until I heard his voice. His accent is so mathematician that can make anyone who listen to him long enough to pursue math for his career ;)

samiehessi
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sorry lex clips guy, im pretty sure its just one mathematician not multiple mathematicians

husamismael
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The most charming mathematician I've ever heard !

FortYeah
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I understand why antisemitism exists. The world is full of ignorant people. But I'll never understand how is it possible for things like antisemitism to exist in such a place full of world-class intellectuals (Soviet Mathematicians)

inemanja
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I haven't yet finished watching the whole - GREAT - discussion with Edward Frenkel, but I have serious doubt that Fermat had a proof of his last theorem. It took 350 years to find that proof and they did it indirectly by solving another - equivalent - problem; so Fermat, if you had a proof, she wasn't correct. 🤔

Age_of_Apocalypse
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Imagine if fermat knew this problem was impossibly difficult and just decided to troll us.

lerubikscubetherubikscube
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The conjecture is called conjecture, AKA the modularity theorem - please rename the section.

spdcrzy
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This fellow is amazing! Embarrassed I don't know his name... He's like Max Tegmark without the ticks.

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