- Fermat's last theorem
- noun Etymology: Pierre de Fermat Date: 1847 a theorem in number theory: the equation xⁿ + yⁿ = zⁿ has no solutions when x, y, z, and n are all positive integers and n is greater than 2
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Fermat's last theorem
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