Andrew Wiles proving Fermat's Last Theorem | Po-Shen Loh and Lex Fridman

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Po-Shen Loh is a mathematician at CMU and coach of the USA International Math Olympiad team.

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[Balbs]

I do quite a bit of method development for my job, and it feels really good to have an insight that makes your stuff work. And then you progress a little bit along and then find out you were wrong and need to change your approach

[vkkxnhj]

Lex 'I have a lot of really good ideas every single day' Fridman

[carljohan]

This dude just seems like such a good guy

[elliottphillips]

I read that as Andrew Wiltse and was so fucking confused.

[dagram]

If Fermat was so smart why didn’t he just drop the T and go by Ferma? Seems like he wasted a lot of time during his life writing out a letter he never used.

[kmurph]

> What have we learned from this that we could potentially use for something else?

And!? I'm curious what we learned from Wiles's solution to Fermat's Last Theorem.

[fengshuimma]

These charming geniuses have what it takes to inspire the youth.

[Ал-тайДіЙ]

Fermat's Great Theorem 1637 - 2016 !
I have proved on 09/14/2016 the ONLY POSSIBLE proof of the Great Fermat's Last Theorem .

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Me! opened : - Pierre de Fermat - was proved! the Fermat's Last theorem!
Me! opened : - my formula of my Proof is completely and absolutely identical with the words of Pierre de Fermat !
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!!!!- NO ONE! and NEVER! (except ME! ...AND!... Pierre de Fermat! - of course!) !

[leonkirkov]

Bro do yourself and everyone else a favor and look up braces