The Conversation

Proving Fermat’s last theorem: 2 mathematicians explain how building bridges within the discipline helped solve a centuries‑old mystery

Maxine Calle is a 2023 AAAS Mass Media Fellow at The Conversation U.S. and she receives funding from the National Science Foundation. David Bressoud does not work for, consult, own shares in or ...
Popular Mechanics

Machines Are on the Verge of Tackling Fermat’s Last Theorem—a Proof That Once Defied Them

A mathematician will turn a groundbreaking 100-page proof into computer code. The proof tool, Lean, lets users turn proofs written in prose into rules and logic for testing. Kevin Buzzard already uses ...
Scientific American

2 High School Students Have Proved the Pythagorean Theorem. Here’s What That Means

Two high school students proved the Pythagorean theorem in a way that one early 20th-century mathematician thought would be impossible: by using trigonometry. Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson, both ...
Scientific American

Researchers Race to Rescue the Enormous Theorem before Its Giant Proof Vanishes

Before they die, aging mathematicians are racing to save the Enormous Theorem's proof, all 15,000 pages of it, which divides existence four ways A seemingly endless variety of food was sprawled over ...