Fermat's Last Will and Testament
Fermat's Last Will and Testament: a riff on Fermat.
Content note: Mild language.
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FERMAT'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT: "I leave to my son Clément-Samuel all of my papers, which he should feel free to publish. Well… all except that one half-assed conjecture I couldn't actually prove. Definitely don't publish that one. (I'd specify further, but this margin is too narrow.)"