If Fermat Had Wider Margins
Fermat, given wide margins, still doesn't write his proof; he draws a cat instead.
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[Title] "If Fermat Had Wider Margins" [A real page of Diophantus' Arithmetica with Fermat's note]
Left margin: "I have a truly marvelous proof of this fact, but these margins are frankly too WIDE to contain it. I mean, it's too much white space, you know? It'd be like a huge dinner plate with a tiny appetizer on it. Now, I do HAVE a proof, obviously…"
Right margin: "But let's be real. People know how great I am at math. And there's something they DON'T know: How great I am at drawing cats. To that end, I have a truly marvelous cat picture, and this margin is just big enough for it." [a cat doodle]