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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a mathematical statement whose proof the [[ | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a mathematical statement whose proof the [[Eleventh Doctor]] once used to convince a body of geniuses that they should take his advice about how to save the world from annihilation by the [[Atraxi]]. He uploaded the proof — which the Doctor called "the real one, never been seen before" — to a secure video conference from a laptop computer in [[Leadworth]]. Simultaneously, he muttered an acknowledgment to the originator of the theorem, Fermat, and mentioned that Evarist got killed in a duel before he could write down his own proof. He claimed responsibility for the latters' death, saying that it had only happened because he had slept in that morning. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'') | ||
::''The reference here is to [[wikipedia:Fermat's Last Theorem|Fermat's Last Theorem]], but many details in the Doctor's speech do not conform to known events in the real world. The theorem was actually proved in the [[1990s]], but the Doctor's clarification that he was sending "the '''real''' one" likely indicates he doesn't feel the [[20th century]] solution is a particularly good one. The other reference is to [[wikipedia:Evariste Galois|Évariste Galois]], a [[19th century]] mathematician whose work on the theorem was fundamental to the [[1990s]] proof, who was killed in a duel. '' | ::''The reference here is to [[wikipedia:Fermat's Last Theorem|Fermat's Last Theorem]], but many details in the Doctor's speech do not conform to known events in the real world. The theorem was actually proved in the [[1990s]], but the Doctor's clarification that he was sending "the '''real''' one" likely indicates he doesn't feel the [[20th century]] solution is a particularly good one. The other reference is to [[wikipedia:Evariste Galois|Évariste Galois]], a [[19th century]] mathematician whose work on the theorem was fundamental to the [[1990s]] proof, who was killed in a duel. '' | ||
{{wikipediainfo|Fermat's Last Theorem}} | {{wikipediainfo|Fermat's Last Theorem}} | ||
[[Category:Mathematics from the real world]] | [[Category:Mathematics from the real world]] | ||
