"The proof is trivial and left as an exercise to the reader." The proof:
@detectivemarkseven3 жыл бұрын
Typical 🤣
@jackblack50823 жыл бұрын
this hits so hard ... literally my EM physics lecturer use to do this for half the course
@JW-zs1ik3 жыл бұрын
Fr lol 😂
@archockencanto16452 жыл бұрын
Well there can be other proofs which just require creativity that's probably 2-3 pages long and simple.
@deleted-something Жыл бұрын
Ye
@carultch9 жыл бұрын
Had Fermat never heard of the concept of GETTING ANOTHER PIECE OF PAPER?
@vvalph94836 жыл бұрын
It seems that concept was far too complex during his age. It's probably harder than the Theorem itself.
@dr.spectre96975 жыл бұрын
I thought they used vellum back then not paper
@Awss-qy9dk5 жыл бұрын
Wooooosh
@jamirimaj68805 жыл бұрын
Of course he heard the concept. Bet you never heard of this another concept of "Maybe he's lying all along and it's just a conjecture of his and relies on other people to prove it because he has no proof all this time"
@gadrill42855 жыл бұрын
There just wasn't enough brown paper. Truly a travesty.
@alextrusk17139 жыл бұрын
fermat was the ultimate troll of academia
@Eonions9 жыл бұрын
+Alex Trusk Or a psychopath and a master in manipulation !
@pringelsthegamefreak7 жыл бұрын
Alex Trusk lol
@TheMoonRover7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, because 3987^12 + 4365^12 = 4472^12
@gamerdio25036 жыл бұрын
TheMoonRover It isn't correct, it is ALMOST correct, but it isn't
@TheMoonRover6 жыл бұрын
I know. It was a joke as to *why* Fermat was trolling (see original comment).
@ian_b9 жыл бұрын
I have a most wonderful proof of the Reimann Hypothesis. Sadly, this comment box is too small to fit it in.
@Whatsth3b1g1d3a9 жыл бұрын
+jaxxstraw Aww man.... I was really looking forward to seeing an ASCII zeta function
@omegasrevenge8 жыл бұрын
Damn, there goes my free time for the next 7 years :/
@legitgopnik84317 жыл бұрын
Don't die on us now!
@ym-wi3cp7 жыл бұрын
+Squilliam Fancyson not sure what a ASCII zeta function is but it sure sounds sexy
@josecasillas40817 жыл бұрын
This aint twitter, you aren't limited. Do tell lol.
@Putzq5 жыл бұрын
Fermat was also right in that the margin was too small to contain the proof.
@aradhya_purohit3 жыл бұрын
69th like
@scipionedelferro3 жыл бұрын
This is the most underrated comments of all. Fantastic!
@SirMo2 жыл бұрын
Quite a fellow Fermat was. Right about everything.
@merajshaikh50602 жыл бұрын
Mdmerajshaikh
@desirapbeats65642 жыл бұрын
17th century proofs are mostly non mathematical they prove it mostly using geometry that must have been beautiful .
@thodkats8 жыл бұрын
When i was 17 years old, my mathematician bought me a book called : Fermat's Last Theorem. It was by far the best book I 've ever read to this day. Today i see this video from Numberphille, and i realize that the author of that very book, is the guy in the video above : Simon Singh. Needless to say that I am speechless.
@xenopheliac72027 жыл бұрын
You had your own mathematician? Nice. :)
@epicguyusa58417 жыл бұрын
Have you read his book about the mathematical references in the Simpsons. I never quite finished but it is still sitting on my shelf
@AvinashtheIyerHaHaLOL6 жыл бұрын
thodkats is legendary
@salahudinsmailagic67636 жыл бұрын
Same thing happened to me, I realized it today.
@darrenjones93595 жыл бұрын
Needles to say...
@ferrishthefish9 жыл бұрын
"For seven years Andrew Wiles worked on this problem in complete secrecy." DID YOU NOT LEARN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WORK ON PROBLEMS IN SECRECY THE FIRST TIME?!?
@fossilfighters1017 жыл бұрын
+++
@gamestarz20016 жыл бұрын
Then he finally found the proof, so he wrote on a piece of paper "paper too small for proof" and tragically passed away.
@prajnaprajna19236 жыл бұрын
I was also a sleeping person for solving this three-letter problem. Fermat ask question in the 3-letter disequation :x^n+y^n=/z^n. I answer: x^(n/2)+y^(n/2)+delta=z^(n/2 ) Because they are not the same so there is no solution about integer.
@B_Bodziak5 жыл бұрын
@@prajnaprajna1923 WHY do you have this exact comment posted SO MANY times in the comments’ section of this video?
@chopun38624 жыл бұрын
Probs wanted all credit for himself
@hexa33895 жыл бұрын
LIFE HACKS: next time you get an exam saying "show your work" write "this paper is too small to contain it".
@calebthompson82303 жыл бұрын
Tried that, teacher didn't get it...
@matthewjackson96158 жыл бұрын
Wiles provided the correct proof to Fermat's Last Theorem which was the greatest achievement in modern mathematical history. Yet, outside of academic circles , no one knows who he is. It was still one hell of an accomplishment as far as I'm concerned.
@Serquest7 жыл бұрын
Matthew Jackson but he was wrong
@veerleswartebroekx68167 жыл бұрын
Did you not watch until the end? He found the proof eventually.
@veerleswartebroekx68167 жыл бұрын
What do you mean different? In the video both the flawed attempt of proof was talked about as well a the correct one Andrew Whiles delivered.
@georgeice43894 жыл бұрын
@Matew Jackson : you say:"the greatest achievement in modern mathematical history". I am saying so much overrated
@karldavis73929 жыл бұрын
I like it when n=1. :-)
@robin-vt1qj8 жыл бұрын
1 + 1 = 1 right noooob
@llollercoaster8 жыл бұрын
+robin van Sint Annaland n=1 results in the formula a+b=c....
@karldavis73928 жыл бұрын
+robin van Sint Annaland n=1 makes a^1+b^1=c^1. I bet I can find a solution, like a=3, b=4, c=7. 3+4=7. :-) Of course I'm just being silly, the mathematicians here are real geniuses and I totally respect them.
@colonelmustard77188 жыл бұрын
+robin van Sint Annaland n is the index...
@robin-vt1qj8 жыл бұрын
+Colonel Mustard i know but is abc is 1 as well aaaaa........
@spartnstarcraft210 жыл бұрын
i am so shocked at how well this guys pulls off that hair
@khadijahflowers55666 жыл бұрын
spartnstarcraft2 He reminds me of the main antagonist from Outlast: Whistleblower , Eddie Gluskin 😂😂 I still love him though 😊
@cluckendip5 жыл бұрын
Literally pulling it off.
@mator23394 жыл бұрын
Taxi driver style mohawk.
@akumar73664 жыл бұрын
LOVE YOUR COMMENT KIND OF FAMILY GUY LIKE.
@TheSpiritedGamer4 жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie, I thought it was Maynard James Keenan at first
@usergroupX10 жыл бұрын
I'VE GOT THE PROOF!! ... but I gotta go return some dvds to blockbuster :(
@bethkruse31039 жыл бұрын
***** strange the answer was easy, but I am lost on how to post it. so please click on my name.
@Raj_Theron9 жыл бұрын
v
@jazzmetal5009 жыл бұрын
"I have to return some videotapes"
@Memorex9967 жыл бұрын
i got it, but i can't explain it. to complex for you mortals to understand
@useresu3016 жыл бұрын
Be careful when you cross the street.
@soumyasishbhattacharyya28054 жыл бұрын
Take a bow Andrew Wiles. He found his passion so early and worked hard and didn't stop until he solved the problem. A true inspiration
@adzaaahhh2 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I like to think he's a distant relative - my grandfather, a decorated D-Day veteran, was named Thomas Wiles. I understand the mighty mental magnitude of what he did but consider myself to be a mere muppet in comparison to both of the aforementioned.
@soumyasishbhattacharyya28052 жыл бұрын
@@adzaaahhh wow that's something! You must have so many stories from your grandfather about the war. Huge respect for both of them!
@adzaaahhh2 жыл бұрын
@@soumyasishbhattacharyya2805 Unfortunately he passed away when I was 2 years old so never got to know him or hear any of his war stories firsr-hand. According to my parents, he never liked to talk about it anyway as he was quite traumatised by the memory. In truth, I doubt there's any close link between the two men other than the same surname, and their sheer dogged determination (in different ways of course).
@georgeice-u2m11 ай бұрын
all his efort to proof FLT was in vain.HE lack the genius and chose the nerd way to find a proof. if i can present my two elementary proofs of fLT the world would see that his efort was in vain.
@georgeice-u2m11 ай бұрын
with a lot of perspiration
@jmiquelmb9 жыл бұрын
The correct explanation is always the easiest one. Fermat was an alien/time traveller who used his superior knowledge in mathematics to spark human curiosity and help our primitive civilization to discover new branches of mathematics. He didn't show the proofs to not interphere too much with human history. Thats why all their hyphotheses were correct. Occam's razor, guys.
@snyfalcryo5248 жыл бұрын
+jmiquelmb What a conspiracy ! Thanks for this, now i can die in peace
@fossilfighters1017 жыл бұрын
+
@keb70666 жыл бұрын
(thats the joke)
@thomasfrench9146 жыл бұрын
Rina the joke your head
@littlemanzjordan72676 жыл бұрын
Rina You're welcome,moron
@willmcpherson26 жыл бұрын
"I was sitting at my desk examining the Kolyvagin-Flach method. It wasn't that I believed I could make it work, but I thought that at least I could explain why it didn’t work. Suddenly I had this incredible revelation. I realised that, the Kolyvagin-Flach method wasn't working, but it was all I needed to make my original Iwasawa theory work from three years earlier. So out of the ashes of Kolyvagin-Flach seemed to rise the true answer to the problem. It was so indescribably beautiful; it was so simple and so elegant. I couldn't understand how I'd missed it and I just stared at it in disbelief for twenty minutes. Then during the day I walked around the department, and I'd keep coming back to my desk looking to see if it was still there. It was still there. I couldn't contain myself, I was so excited. It was the most important moment of my working life. Nothing I ever do again will mean as much." - Andrew Wiles
@soumyasishbhattacharyya28055 жыл бұрын
He showed one can do anything he likes if he possesses the proper passion, perseverance, determination. This guy literally wasted(irony intended) half of his life to prove the theorem and he succeeded. What a legend!
@soumyasishbhattacharyya28055 жыл бұрын
He is a legend!
@putinstea10 жыл бұрын
That is one hell of a compelling story, and this Simon tells it so well!
@YamiPanda9 жыл бұрын
Fermat would really suck at twitter.
@nikolairahat27827 ай бұрын
First reply after 8 years
@logarithmus.naturali6 ай бұрын
@@nikolairahat2782second reply after three weeks
@sofusjejlskovbrandt12548 жыл бұрын
After Fermat's death he said "It's just a prank bro"
@-_Nuke_-7 жыл бұрын
hAHAHAHAAA best comment here!
@bradleylim9937 жыл бұрын
Sofus Jejlskov Brandt Andrew wiles: Get rekted bro
@DSN.0016 жыл бұрын
AFT"OR"BEFOR-E
@sreeharie8214 жыл бұрын
Well jokes on him
@sasha-25743 жыл бұрын
Yes, in fact he wrote that note on April 1st according to historians. Do some research bro!
@ihathtelekinesis8 жыл бұрын
Wiles's original paper was a bit of a Parker square.
@prajnaprajna19236 жыл бұрын
I was also a sleeping person for solving this three-letter problem. Fermat ask question in the 3-letter disequation :x^n+y^n=/z^n. I answer: x^(n/2)+y^(n/2)+delta=z^(n/2 ) Because they are not the same so there is no solution about integer. yes, Fermat is crazy
@varlam15685 жыл бұрын
@@prajnaprajna1923 your method and statement is wrong. There are solutions when n=1 and n=2.
@tristramgordon82525 жыл бұрын
Few years ago, BBC television (UK) made a programme with him explaining all about the humongous amount of work and isolation he endured to solve this problem, truly astonishing programme.
@WebeloZappBrannigan2 жыл бұрын
The programme in question is an episode of the "Horizon" series called "Fermat's Last Theorem", and it was directed by some bloke called Simon Singh. At the time of writing (2022-09-25), it's available on BBC iPlayer.
@julianw1010 Жыл бұрын
@@WebeloZappBrannigan Great!
@DawsJosh9 жыл бұрын
Brady, I've just realized, I've probably seen most of the videos you've posted and I've never commented... Thanks for making videos, dude.
@prajnaprajna19236 жыл бұрын
I was also a sleeping person for solving this three-letter problem. Fermat ask question in the 3-letter disequation :x^n+y^n=/z^n. I answer: x^(n/2)+y^(n/2)+delta=z^(n/2 ) Because they are not the same so there is no solution about integer. yes, Fermat is crazy
@probablynotsatanic6610 жыл бұрын
This guy looks so steampunk.
@damianbutt45735 жыл бұрын
Or cyberpunk
@christianmarkabellar55335 жыл бұрын
Hahaha hes like a cyborg to me😂
@codernakul4 жыл бұрын
You have got an anti prime number of likes
@aeroscience98349 жыл бұрын
Haha, and in Star Trek TNG, they were talking about how it still had not been proven in the 24th century. I guess they should have waited a few years.
@zwz.zdenek8 жыл бұрын
+Aeroscience ...Or this proof will be found to be wrong and unfixable.
@lastvatican19767 жыл бұрын
In March 2016, Wiles was awarded the Norwegian government's Abel prize worth €600,000 for "for his stunning proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem by way of the modularity conjecture for semistable elliptic curves, opening a new era in number theory."
@lastvatican19767 жыл бұрын
The two papers were vetted and published as the entirety of the May 1995 issue of the Annals of Mathematics. These papers established the modularity theorem for semistable elliptic curves, the last step in proving Fermat's Last Theorem, 358 years after it was conjectured.
@lastvatican19767 жыл бұрын
i know its copy paste(my statement was taken from wikipedia) but its already proven which mean that from conjecture to theorem... u get it??? the theorem had already being checked... he even got award for it... zzz
@zwz.zdenek7 жыл бұрын
You are driven by wishful thinking. There is only a handful of mathematicians worldwide who may have what it takes to understand the proof. Even they don't have much information about the new knowledge invented in the proof. So little manpower and so much area for errors warrants suspicion. I'd like humanity to progress as much as the next guy, but having the hegemon solved single-handedly by an unknown professor is just not something I will buy into in a hurry.
@hengkygunawan3008 жыл бұрын
I have proof that we're living in the matrix but I'm not suppose to texting while driving.
@danielbenyair3005 жыл бұрын
@@jenilb420 Lol
@franciscos.23014 жыл бұрын
The terrible grammar makes this even better
@vamshidarisi84008 жыл бұрын
he came to my school, and he signed my fermat book
@ChaiKirbs8 жыл бұрын
+Vamshi Darisi Fermat died in January....... of 1665. Someone call Guiness World records, we have a new world's oldest person!!
@vamshidarisi84008 жыл бұрын
+Thomas Pallister no i mean simon singh
@DoReMeDesign8 жыл бұрын
+Thomas Pallister u dun fukked up.
@PWNSdaily8 жыл бұрын
+Vamshi Darisi L
@macdaddy23847 жыл бұрын
Thomas Pallister lol, dumbass
@DarkestValar10 жыл бұрын
I have always been amazed about how Wiles fully dedicated so much time and effort into his passion. In my opinion, it is even beyond the dedication of olympic athletes and self-made millionaires. Within the realm of math Wiles showed that with enough determination you can solve a problem that 358 years worth of professional mathematician's could not. It has been a great motivation for me ever since i was 7 years old and read the news.
@soumyasishbhattacharyya28055 жыл бұрын
His perseverance, passion, determination were in another level. A true legend!
@elkronnie65004 жыл бұрын
Took him 28 years, but by George, he did it
@peeper20703 жыл бұрын
Makes you wonder how many worked on lifelong projects secretly but died before it was revealed. 3 decades years is plenty of time for things to go downhill.
@akshay-kumar-007 Жыл бұрын
He didn't do it from ground up though, the 358 years of failed attempts by others helped him in some way
@julianw1010 Жыл бұрын
Do you really compare being a millionaire to being a full time Mathematician? That's an embarassment to Mathematics. Mathematics is way harder than being a self made millionaire
@TomaszWota9 жыл бұрын
I had the proof, but when writing it down I took an arrow to the knee...
@cheese3enjoyer8 жыл бұрын
+Tomasz Wota (Xupicor) wow first arrow in the knee joke that isn't funny
@TomaszWota8 жыл бұрын
Il XIHill Yesss. Job done, internet, job done. No need to thank me, I'll see myself out. ;)
@TheMoonRover7 жыл бұрын
I had the proof, but a settlement needed my help.
@Wikingking6 жыл бұрын
Let's have some style and change the comment to "arrow notation" to the knee :)
@matthewludivico17146 жыл бұрын
I used to work on Clay Institute problems like you, but then I took an arrow in the digit.
@ThePeterDislikeShow9 жыл бұрын
I still think Fermat had a simpler proof.
@0501384 жыл бұрын
Who knows!?
@الطاهرمحمدأحمد-م8ث4 жыл бұрын
I have simple proof
@EKDupre3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha. What a torturous rabbit hole to ponder.
@Gareth18920003 жыл бұрын
But like what video said, there might be a edge mistake in that proof.
@hybmnzz26582 жыл бұрын
It could be the same as Lamé's incorrect proof, which was wrong for subtle reasons.
@mridul3038 жыл бұрын
I can solve world hunger, but the world is too small.
@gravytopic7 жыл бұрын
I can solve that one too! But in my case the world is too big.
@LevatekGaming6 жыл бұрын
Mridul Tiwary underrated comment cause f the world was bigger and had more resources That would solve world hunger
@internetsummoner4 жыл бұрын
James Evans comment of gold !
@InsideInterpreting4 жыл бұрын
We could solve it easily if people weren't so greedy.
@wetbadger21743 жыл бұрын
The solution is to grow more food
@TheOfficialDaBoogaloo4 жыл бұрын
Simon Singh is quite possibly one of my favourite academics of all time. I read his book on Fermat's Last Theorem on a whim and ever since then have been a huge fan of his.
@WhatforNameIsThat11 жыл бұрын
Simon Singh is a good story teller. Sometimes 9 minutes seem long for a video but he really was telling the story in a way that you wanted to know the end.
@ybra9 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Fermat was just trolling "oh, I can prove this, but I'm not gonna write it down" yeah right :P Come to think of it; Hey guys I figured out the meaning of life, but I have to go feed the cat. Bye.
@liviuadrian929 жыл бұрын
Well the meaning of life isn't such a big deal, in fact is quite lets say uninteresting, but i won't write it down :D
@NoriMori19929 жыл бұрын
ybra Plot twist: The meaning of life is feeding cats.
@myguy200inventions9 жыл бұрын
I know the meaning of life :) 42 and the question is. Brb
@alanfalleur65508 жыл бұрын
+ybra You got it. I think Pierre de Fermat was trolling people way before it became trendy.
@Max248718 жыл бұрын
+myguy200inventions That's the answer, but what is the _real_ question?
@FredSmith1105 жыл бұрын
An extraordinary true story, well told by Simon Singh. He conveys he excitement and tension of the events.
@Leonardo-el6sq8 жыл бұрын
Professor Vaas teaching: "Have I ever told you the definition of a mathematical theorem??"
@Pl15604 Жыл бұрын
I could listen to this guy talk about Maths and History non stop. Why don't we have teachers like him?
@leofreitas41348 жыл бұрын
I've read his Simpsons book, it's incredible
@Oznej6 ай бұрын
I'm so sad the bonus footage seems to have been made private, would love to see it.
@EmphaticTrain5 жыл бұрын
"we cant prove Fermat's Last Theorem" Andrew wiles : hold my beer
@yuda493 жыл бұрын
Ha ha ha ha ha
@MunkyChunk6 жыл бұрын
Saw Simon do this speech in a lecture this evening! Absolutely fascinating... amazing stuff!!
@animamundii3 жыл бұрын
His Book about Fermat is one of the best books I've ever read. Can't recommend enough. Extremely easy to read, engaging and packed with information, I read it in two days.
@TheConnor125006 жыл бұрын
This is far and away my favourite Numberphile video. The narrative is such a fascinating one which is told with such clarity and enthusiasm.
@philhoffmann7682 Жыл бұрын
Exactly right. We all know the end of the story but he tells it with such economy and passion. A win for the internet.
@Snakeyes2448 жыл бұрын
Why isn't there a movie about this?
@amirulfarhan83828 жыл бұрын
people cannot understand the movie
@MrKfadrat8 жыл бұрын
+amirul farhan or director cant understand the script ;)
@1AMRamen8 жыл бұрын
+Snakeyes244 There was a documentary made on Andrew Wiles' proof.
@hansb13378 жыл бұрын
because a dvd would be to small to contain it....
@pepinilloloko29188 жыл бұрын
"La habitación de Fermat" (Fermat's room in spanish)
@DizzyForPigs9 жыл бұрын
I'm suddenly wondering the following: In order to get the length of the hypotenuse of a one-dimensional line, you just measure it. a = a In order to get the length of the hypotenuse of a two-dimensional triangle, you take the two other sides, square them, add them together, and take the square root. a^2 + b^2 = c^2 Now, what would you do in three dimensions? Simply tack on a third variable, and change those squares and square roots to cubes and cube roots. So now you have a^3 + b^3 + c^3 = d^3. My assumption is that somewhere, there exists some sets of four integers for which this is true. Am I matching the pattern wrong?
@Skellborn9 жыл бұрын
Wrong. For three dimensions you get a third variable but the power stays 2. So a²+b²+c²=d²
@briansammond78015 жыл бұрын
The case for a^3 + b^3 + c^3 = d^3 has numerous solutions. Probably the simplest is 3^3 + 4^3 + 5^3 = 6^3, which you can readily check. Very similar to the 3,4,5 solution for the Pythagorean equation. What I would like to see is a proof of the minimum number of terms required for a given power n for the equation to be true.
@VictorWaknin7 жыл бұрын
My grandmother gave me his book when I was 12 years old. 8 years later I'm watching a video on which I found out to be the very author of the book being interviewed. This is so cool. Thank you for making videos Numberphile. You are awesome.
@anujankirupakaran50277 жыл бұрын
i just realised this guy came to do a lecture at my school but me being the stubborn 11 year old didn't go. I regret it
@General12th3 жыл бұрын
To be fair, at eleven years old, you probably wouldn't have gained much mathematical insight anyway. He was probably doing a motivational lecture.
@theproplady9 жыл бұрын
You know, if I squint a bit, I can imagine it's Wez from "Mad Max 2" telling me about numbers, and that somehow makes it awesome....
@TDansVids9 жыл бұрын
+theproplady or Vaas from Farcry 3
@boomjonggol57574 жыл бұрын
"It started with a ten year old child" I immediately thought of Gauss 😂😂😂
@squeegie-beckenheim11 жыл бұрын
my aunt had a cat she named after fermat. the spelling? furmatt
@fossilfighters1017 жыл бұрын
+
@RogerLmao5 жыл бұрын
No.
@danem.94028 ай бұрын
I had no idea Maynard James Keenan was such a numberphile.
@georgedunn3203 жыл бұрын
"Lauded," not "loathed" (quite the opposite, actually.) "Slain," not "slained." "Piet Hein," not "Pete Hines."
@ultrio3253 жыл бұрын
"Ayo finish your proofs" "Aight gotta finish these legal paperworks doe" *Last heard of 4 centuries ago*
@philplante65244 жыл бұрын
Wiles' proof involved mathematics not known to Fermat. So if Fermat did have a proof, it was not the same proof that Wiles came up with. I tend to agree with the idea that Fermat thought he had a proof but probably it was invalid. Some of the great minds of math who came after Fermat all tried and failed to find a proof until Wiles.
@georgeice-u2m11 ай бұрын
they did not find the elementary way to prove pell's equation and how fermat splita 4k+1 primes in two squar numbers.
@georgeice-u2m11 ай бұрын
i like you to be present if i ever meet wiles to see how fun i make of him and his efforts .yes i envied him since he does not merit to be the one who discovered a proof.what about mr. ribet.?
@axeldurand88518 жыл бұрын
HE LOOKS LIKE VAAS IN FAR CRY 3 !!!
@cipryan968 жыл бұрын
lol. he does
@zarifsafwanhoque41278 жыл бұрын
except much more intelligent
@marieq24317 жыл бұрын
racist
@phillarkin8806 жыл бұрын
have i ever told you the definition of Fermat’s Theorem?
@mynahification5 жыл бұрын
simon singh is british of indian origin.... vaas in far cry 3 looks like east european
@Hyraethian4 жыл бұрын
Stark Trek brought me down this rabbit hole of over my head maths. Edit: i'm in tears that was the best joke i've heard in weeks.
@miketambz7855 Жыл бұрын
This guy is so good an explaining complex things in simple ways that’s understandable to a laymen. This video is testament to that and so is “The Code”. Really great communicator
@snootoo11 жыл бұрын
Wow! I cant believe, you actually got Simon Singh on your channel. The guy who wrote the book 'Fermat's last theorem' , 'The Code Book' and a person who actually owns an enigma machine. Brilliant Brady, keep them coming!!
@frankbarzaga30904 жыл бұрын
At 9:30, the subtitled has “loathed (?)” in fact it should read “lauded.”
@nakamakai55536 жыл бұрын
I've been following the literature of the Last Theorem for 40 years. I have chills.
@andrewxc13359 жыл бұрын
I find it likely that he thought he found the proof, but found a mistake.
@Ripcode22338919 жыл бұрын
+andrewxc1335 If it were me in Wiles' shoes, I'd probably go "yeah, but if you ignore that part, it makes total sense!"
@annayosh8 жыл бұрын
+andrewxc1335 Yes, that is what I think too.
@josephlagunes4279 жыл бұрын
I saw him today in my College doing a presentation he is amazing. I bought the The Simpsons and their mathematical secrets, and it was signed!
@pele72088 жыл бұрын
Start by taking the partial derivative with respect to each variable and then...one second brb.
@johnsonguitarstudio5 жыл бұрын
Piet Hein's Grooks are my favorite. Stomach ache may be a curse, Heartache may be even worse So thank heaven on your knees If you have but one of these
@ruchirrawat88045 жыл бұрын
the dude bragged about having the proof when he didn't actually have one and made a silly reason of not having enough paper and when people found it was an excuse he just died
@zracklfr13347 жыл бұрын
he looks like someone from fallout
@heresy_unfolding4 жыл бұрын
It's an amazing coincidence that Fermat's Last Theorem requires Andrew Wiles' Final Proof to be completely unlocked.
@georgeice43892 жыл бұрын
TOTAL BS
@oscarpalacios229 жыл бұрын
Have an answer for you? Yes. But you're not going to like it... 42
@chinmay10957 жыл бұрын
hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy 😁😁
@Tereb15 жыл бұрын
I remember reading his book on this subject and how absolutely immersed i was in it. Still one of my favourites although it's been 10 years and although I'm in Humanities now.
@shugaroony5 жыл бұрын
I've read Simon's book years ago on this and its a gripping read, fun and informative. There is also a Horizon BBC documentary here on KZbin with Sir Andrew WIles retelling the story, and its one of the best Horizon's ever made to this day as its a wonderful insight into the process of how a scientific mind works through sometimes abstract problems.
@varunchaubey15147 жыл бұрын
I met Simon Singh yesterday - he gave a talk in my university in Bristol and I got my book signed. Really nice person, he is...
@cikif3 жыл бұрын
Plot twist: The statement "I have a marvelous proof of this theorem, which this margin is too narrow to contain." actually mathematically proves Fermat's Last Theorem. I don't know how, but Fermat must've known what he was talking about.
@sidzifus7083 Жыл бұрын
You are so right!
@jasonli78838 жыл бұрын
Make a video on the taniyama shimura conjecture pls!!!
@kalebbruwer7 жыл бұрын
I have NO IDEA what it is, but it sounds complicated.
@jasonli78837 жыл бұрын
Me neither that's why i want them to make a video lol
@TheSam19027 жыл бұрын
Yeah, make a video, that sounds quite like a challenge !
@rivenoak7 жыл бұрын
basically: prove Taniyama -Shimura and you got Femat covered too. Wiles used Taniyama-Shimura for his approach on Fermat's Theorem and solved both. :)
@E1craZ4life7 жыл бұрын
There is a video with the guy who proved the link between Taniyama-Shimura and Fermat's Last Theorem, where he talks about that conjecture and how they were connected.
@Alex-hq8ci9 жыл бұрын
HEY NUMBERPHILE can you do a video on season 6 episode 10 of futurama"The prisoner of benda" the professor makes a machine that switches minds but once you switch you cant switch back. I would love to see the mathematics of how many other people it would take to return everyone to their original bodies.
@unnamedtheanonymous7639 жыл бұрын
+Alex Kasantsidis 2 more, both if 'the body' can't switch again AND if 'the mind' can't switch again
@XMIR10C9 жыл бұрын
I believe fermat had a simple proof. I think he reduced to the rational numbers ==> xexpn +yexpn = 1, where x,y in Q. if you graph this, it is bounded by a 1x1 square and a circle of radius 1, getting more squarish as n increases. then if you slice it into 2 parts, use integration to find the area under the 2 parts. go ahead - draw it on paper...
@balbasoar35 жыл бұрын
I believe that in that theorem, including that n>2 is not the only condition. There is also x,y, and z cannot equal to zero. For it is simple to just say that 0^3+2^3=2^3.
@arnouth52605 жыл бұрын
No, the second condition is that all numbers are different
@elshan85875 жыл бұрын
Still my favourite video on this channel and I'm sure I'm gonna come back again and again.
@gabrielkellar19354 жыл бұрын
I have the most wonderful proof Fermat: "im going to do whats called a pro gamer move"
@sr5289 жыл бұрын
7:53 I think he says "lauded" rather than "loathed"
@Polored10668 жыл бұрын
English is not my native language, so can somebody tell me if i figured out what the problem is: you can't find 3 whole numbers x, y and z, which verify x^n+y^n=z^n where n>2 ? If n=3, It means a number, which cubic root is a whole number, can't be the sum of 2 other such numbers?
@josiahtaylor24718 жыл бұрын
yes, thats the problem. not a single group of 3 integers can fulfill a^n+b^n=c^n. however, in math this isnt enough proof. Who knows, there might be an almost infinate group of numbers that fulfill this equation. Thats why an equation of geometric proof is required to prove all theorems
@wiamerrahj19083 жыл бұрын
What if x=1 and y=0?then z=1 which means theres a solution..
@orcu5 ай бұрын
I just finished Simon’s book. It was great! I took it from my father’s book shelf. I enjoyed it very much.
@atlucas15 жыл бұрын
My guess is that as n gets larger, the gaps between your sums also increase, so the likelihood of landing on a perfect cube drops to 0. But I can't say it's impossible. I also postulate that if your number of addends matches n, you will have a solution (i.e. a^3 + b^3 + c^3 = d^3) that works. e.g. 3^3 + 4^3 + 5^3 = 6^3
@Katie-hj5eb5 жыл бұрын
I've been working on a proof but sadly I've hit some roadblocks. It deals primarily with prime numbers and rotational bases. I don't know if I'll ever finish it though.
@lox80318 жыл бұрын
SOLVED! Do another video on it please :)
@denelson8310 жыл бұрын
That would be any *integer* bigger than two, actually.
@jyl1236 жыл бұрын
denelson83 show me a case where 3.5 would work
@griseld4 жыл бұрын
To me it seems that for n=1 means that every natural number is part of this formula and gives a correct example at least once. So if x = 1 that means that there will always exist a natural number such that 1^1 + y^1 = z^1 is true, in this case z will cover all natural numbers from 2 to infinite. For n=2 we have infinite numbers that prove the identity correct but not every natural number is part of this infinite occurrences and for n > 2 it just drops to zero, it's so amazing.
@shaz77684 жыл бұрын
Simon Singh came to my school to give us a lecture, and it was amazing He worked with the Simpsons for a bit
@jeyendeoso10 жыл бұрын
Im reading Simon Singh's book now :) It has already been translated to brazilian portuguese
@WojtekCzaderna4 жыл бұрын
And this is a great example of how mathematics can be fascinating
@henriquembotelho11 жыл бұрын
Recomendo a leitura do livro o Último Teorema de Fermat de Simon Singh. É um livro excelente com uma linguagem clara e fácil não necessitando de matemática avançada.
@titotitoburg62987 жыл бұрын
Somebody make a movie, that was one of the coolest math stories i've heard.
@maedhros92852 жыл бұрын
I don't care what you guys say, I'll stay convinced that Fermat created the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture, found Wiles' proof in his head and then realised how difficult it would be to write it down so he didn't!
@andrew_owens76808 жыл бұрын
Samuel Clemens (pronounced in French) I don't think is the son of Fermat. It was really Uck Fin.
@MrTohawk8 жыл бұрын
Andrew Wiles did eventually find the proof and got awarded the Abel Prize for it..
@rivenoak8 жыл бұрын
and he's Sir Andrew Wiles by now.
@trevorcarl95157 жыл бұрын
The video DID say he eventually found it...
@6infinity88 жыл бұрын
nice haircut
@justadude4207 жыл бұрын
I know pretty much nothing about the complex math you guys do on this Chanel but this video was awesomely entertaining and well worth the watch !
@AfaqueAhmed_2 жыл бұрын
The example questions :- x^2 + y^2 = z^2 : find x, y . z . The exercise questions :- * I have the question but it is too small to fit in the comment box .*
@WahranRai5 жыл бұрын
0:21 You are lucky, if Fermat saw you with this haircut, you will be sent to prison ...
@c0naNnn4 жыл бұрын
7:52 "lauded", not "loathed"
@michaellevy94236 жыл бұрын
Is there a book that breaksdown all these famous theorems and equations in a consice format, like the videos do?
@jakobygames7 жыл бұрын
Me at the beginning of this video: I WILL DEDICATE MY LIFE TO SOLVING THIS PROBLEM Video: He solved the problem Me: my life has no meaning.
@brotherWesley5 ай бұрын
Don't know how I have managed to live my last 10 years without this episode. Thanks!