Fermat's Last Theorem is one of the most widely known theorems to this day. When Fermat published it, he said "I have a proof of this theorem, but there is not enough space in this margin". However, no correct proof was found for 357 years. Mathematicians everywhere think that Fermat, in fact, did not have a good proof of this theorem.
An English mathematician named Andrew Wiles found a solution in 1995
- the full proof must show that the equation has no solution for all values of n when n is a whole number bigger than 2
Example problem: Below, n is greater than 2 (3) and it is used in the equation x^n + y^n = z^n. According to Fermat, none of these equations could be solved, as shown below and as proven by Andew Wiles in 1995.
216 + 512 = 728. Therefore, the equation does not work with the set of integers shown above.