How Math’s Most Famous Proof Nearly Broke (2015)

Re:How Math’s Most Famous Proof Nearly Broke (2015) by drej on Friday December 21, 2018 @06:48AM (#18732786)

I can recommend Simon Singh's book on this topic, his writing is rather captivating (The Big Bang is one of the best books I've read, so is the Code Book). He also made a BBC documentary on the topic.

https://simonsingh.net/books/fermats-last-theorem/

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Re:How Math’s Most Famous Proof Nearly Broke (2015) by ElCapitanMarkla on Friday December 21, 2018 @07:59AM (#18733030)

I'd also recommend his The Code Book - https://simonsingh.net/books/the-code-book/

Nice easy reading on the history of codes.

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Re:How Math’s Most Famous Proof Nearly Broke (2015) by ddoran on Friday December 21, 2018 @11:54AM (#18734559)

+1 for the movie. It used to be on youtube but I can't find it right now. Perhaps the BBC had it removed. This is the finest moment in the movie, for me, when Wiles describes the moment when everything clicked. The whole movie is well worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SccDUpIPXM0

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Re:How Math’s Most Famous Proof Nearly Broke (2015) by soegaard on Friday December 21, 2018 @05:16PM (#18737195)

Look at Vimeo instead.

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Re:How Math’s Most Famous Proof Nearly Broke (2015) by misil on Friday December 21, 2018 @08:16AM (#18733074)

I also want to urge anyone with even just a fleeting interest in mathematical topics like this to go out looking for said BBC documentary. It's a marvelous portrait of the characters and backstories behind this proof.

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Re:How Math’s Most Famous Proof Nearly Broke (2015) by ngcc_hk on Friday December 21, 2018 @11:53AM (#18734557)

It is a good book but the last chapter is a rush.

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