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Dear Mathematician: Dear Andrew Wiles

May 3, 2017

Fermat's Last Theorem thanks Andrew Wiles for scratching a three-century itch.

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"Dear Andrew Wiles, Ahhhhhh, thanks! I've been trying to scratch that itch for three centuries. –Fermat's Last Theorem" [aⁿ + bⁿ ≠ cⁿ] "Ahh…"

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