An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

In → number theory, the statement that for all → integers, the equation xⁿ + yⁿ = zⁿ has no solution in → positive integer.
After 358 years of effort by mathematicians to prove the theorem, a complete proof was found by Andrew Wiles in 1995.

See also: → Fermat’s principle; → last; → theorem.