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Re:How Feynman Approached Fermat's Last Theorem by cmpxchg on Sunday December 31, 2017 @06:55PM (#16043747)
Beautiful! Of course, no finite probability could ever prove that no solution exists, but being able to say that the odds of a solution are 10^-31 is, for all practical purposes, a guarantee there is none.
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Re:How Feynman Approached Fermat's Last Theorem by tasty_freeze on Sunday December 31, 2017 @10:22PM (#16044494)
The article doesn't say the odds are 10^-31. It says 10^-31 percent. So really the odds are less than one in 10^33.
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Re:How Feynman Approached Fermat's Last Theorem by raverbashing on Sunday December 31, 2017 @07:14PM (#16043812)
Well, having such a probably could indicate that the possible solutions "could" happen from 10^31

What a lot of people don't know is that the theorem was already proven for several expoents before the final solution (including for 3 and some others - and multiples of those cases)

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Re:How Feynman Approached Fermat's Last Theorem by chronial on Sunday December 31, 2017 @08:04PM (#16043998)
No, there is a chance of 10^-31 that there is any solution
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