He is most famous for proving Fermat's Last Theorem.

Wiles discovered Fermat's Last Theorem on his way home from school when he was 10 years old.

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As an unproven conjecture that eluded brilliant mathematicians ' attempts to either prove it or disprove it for generations, his statement became famous as Fermat's Last Theorem.

The most celebrated single question in the field, the conjecture known as Fermat's Last Theorem, was solved by Andrew Wiles but using tools from algebraic geometry developed during the last century rather than within number theory where the conjecture was originally formulated.

concluded that a certain equation considered by Diophantus had no solutions, and noted without elaboration that he had found " a truly marvelous proof of this proposition ," now referred to as Fermat's Last Theorem.

Problem II. 8 in the Arithmetica ( edition of 1670 ), annotated with Fermat's comment which became Fermat's Last Theorem.

The 1621 edition of Arithmetica by Bachet gained fame after Pierre de Fermat wrote his famous " Last Theorem " in the margins of his copy:

Even though the text is otherwise inferior to the 1621 edition, Fermat's annotations — including the " Last Theorem "— were printed in this version.

* Fermat's Last Theorem Blog: Unique Factorization, A blog that covers the history of Fermat's Last Theorem from Diophantus of Alexandria to the proof by Andrew Wiles.

In a ring all of whose ideals are principal ( a principal ideal domain or PID ), this ideal will be identical with the set of multiples of some ring element d ; then this d is a greatest common divisor of a and b. But the ideal ( a, b ) can be useful even when there is no greatest common divisor of a and b. ( Indeed, Ernst Kummer used this ideal as a replacement for a gcd in his treatment of Fermat's Last Theorem, although he envisioned it as the set of multiples of some hypothetical, or ideal, ring element d, whence the ring-theoretic term.

While in Copenhagen, Abel did some work on Fermat's Last Theorem.

Early attempts to prove Fermat's Last Theorem climaxed when Kummer introduced regular primes, primes satisfying a certain requirement concerning the failure of unique factorization in the ring consisting of expressions

Her work on Fermat's Last Theorem provided a foundation for mathematicians exploring the subject for hundreds of years after.

Legendre showed some of Germain's work in the Supplément to his second edition of the Théorie des Nombres, where he calls it très ingénieuse ( See Best Work on Fermat's Last Theorem ).

The first letter, dated 21 November 1804, discussed Gauss ' Disquisitiones and presented some of Germain's work on Fermat's Last Theorem.

Germain's best work was in number theory, and her most significant contribution to number theory dealt with Fermat's Last Theorem.

In 1815, after the elasticity contest, the Academy offered a prize for a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.

She outlined a strategy for a general proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, including a proof for a special case ( see Best Work on Fermat's Last Theorem ).

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In April 2008, BBC Radio 4 broadcast the two-part The Pain of Laughter: The Last Days of Kenneth Williams.

* The TRS-80 Color Computer ( and clones ) still has users and an annual conference in Chicago ; as of 2007 the 17th Annual " Last " Chicago CoCoFEST is scheduled for April 2008.

* Howard, Ian, Harthacnut: The Last Danish King of England, The History Press, 2008

Hoffman during the filming of Last Chance Harvey in 2008

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In 2008, Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch's " Last Lecture " became a pop culture phenomenon.

The film's critical and popular success led to three additional films, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ( 1984 ), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( 1989 ), and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ( 2008 ), a television series, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles ( 1992 – 1996 ), and 15 video games as of 2009.

* Kathy Staff ( 1928 – 2008 ), English actress who portrayed Nora Batty in Last of the Summer Wine

On 30 June 2008, after much negotiation, Greenaway staged a one-night performance ' remixing ' da Vinci's The Last Supper in the refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan to a select audience of dignitaries.

* Harvey Shine, the protagonist of the 2008 motion picture Last Chance Harvey

From January 2008 when the church celebrated its 40th anniversary, a modern day version of Leonardo Da Vinci's " Last Supper " by local artist Nicholas St John Rosse has hung above the main altar in the church.

Norrington caused controversy during the 2008 Proms season by conducting Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations, and the Last Night of the Proms, in non-vibrato style, which he calls pure tone.

In 2008, Bell announced that he had quit as producer of Last of the Summer Wine.

A 2008 release named Last of the Summer Wine: Vintage 1976 focuses on the third series of the show and includes bonus interviews with Peter Sallis, Brian Wilde, and Frank Thornton.

A fourth title, Last of the Summer Wine: Vintage 1977, was released in September 2008.

In the 2008 Kevin Anderson novel The Last Days of Krypton, the El family crest is suggested to symbolize the serpent of deception imprisoned in a diamond-hard crystal of truth.

* Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times ... by Jessie Childs, 2008

He is also the author or coauthor of three bestselling books: " The Last Lecture " ( 2008 ) with Randy Pausch, " Highest Duty " with Capt.

* The Last Conquistador ( 2008 ), a PBS POV documentary about the Oñate statue controversy