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Re:Formalizing 100 Theorems by Pet_Ant on Friday November 03, 2023 @10:00AM (#38128874)
> Kevin Buzzard got a 5 year grant to get started on formalizing the proof of Fermats Last Theorem. Thats the amount of extra effort we are talking.

Wouldn't Andrew Wiles be the best person for it?

Re:Formalizing 100 Theorems by Certhas on Friday November 03, 2023 @10:11AM (#38129015)
The skills needed to formalize the proof and come up with the proof are probably quite distinct. There are many people now who understand the proof well. Also, even if Wiles would be the best person to do it, he might be more inclined to spend the next five years on new mathematical ideas rather than on convincing a computer program his old ideas are correct.