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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
This reference appears to be to [[wikipedia:Fermat's Last Theorem|Fermat's Last Theorem]], but details in the Doctor's speech indicate differences from the recorded history in the real world. The theorem was actually proved using modern mathematics in the [[1990s]], but the Doctor's clarification that he was sending "the '''real''' one" | This reference appears to be to [[wikipedia:Fermat's Last Theorem|Fermat's Last Theorem]], but details in the Doctor's speech indicate differences from the recorded history in the real world. The theorem was actually proved using modern mathematics in the [[1990s]], but the Doctor's clarification that he was sending "the '''real''' one", which leads us to believe that he meant the proof that Fermat supposedly had but couldn't write it down and not the proof of Dr. Andrew Wiles who used modern mathematics. The other reference is to [[wikipedia:Evariste Galois|Évariste Galois]], a [[19th century]] mathematician, who was killed in a duel, whose work on the theorem was fundamental to the [[1990s]] proof. | ||
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[[Category:Mathematics from the real world]] | [[Category:Mathematics from the real world]] | ||
