On June 23, 1993, the mathematician Andrew Wiles gave the last of three lectures detailing his solution to Fermat’s last theorem, a problem that had remained unsolved for three and a half centuries.

THE “last theorem of Fermat” states that if x, y, z, p denote positive integers, the equation X p + Y p =Z p is impossible if p exceeds 2: thus ho cube can be the sum of two cubes, and so on. If the ...

Mathletes rejoice! If you've made your way to Google's homepage this morning, you noticed today's Google Doodle, a chalkboard littered with an equation, which pays homage to the great French ...