Nick Davila’s Reviews > Fermat's Last Theorem > Status Update
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“curious material, like the one sending the first half of his solution and promising the second if we would pay 1,000 DM in advance; or another one, who promised me 1% of his profits from publications, radio and TV interviews after he got famous, if only I would support him now; if not, he threatened to send it to a Russian mathematics department to deprive us of the glory of discovering him.” Would be me lol
— Jun 08, 2025 10:50PM
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Nick Davila
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Évariste Galois has such an interesting back story with math but my god he was like the most unlucky person ever 😭😭
— Jul 02, 2025 04:27PM
Nick Davila
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“I didn’t even think about trying to prove it. Andrew Wiles was probably one of the few people on earth who had the audacity to dream that you can actually go and prove this conjecture.”
Idk why but I love when people do things even if everyone else says it’s impossible
— Jul 01, 2025 09:31PM
Idk why but I love when people do things even if everyone else says it’s impossible
Nick Davila
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Funny how at first I thought Penrose tilings were not really worth attention and then they talked about how useful they are. Goes to show not to judge something too quickly!
— Jun 25, 2025 06:17PM
Nick Davila
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Not sure how but this book does it but it’s both interesting and boring lol
— Jun 17, 2025 09:58PM
Nick Davila
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“even the subsequent failed attempts to find the proof had generated innovative new techniques, such as proof by ‘infinite descent’ and the use of imaginary numbers” interesting to think about stuff like this where at first it seems like it’s not helpful or useful but ends up being super useful
— Jun 01, 2025 12:54AM
Nick Davila
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“Count Guglielmo Libri-Carrucci dalla Sommaja”
What a name 😂😂😂
— May 31, 2025 01:22PM
What a name 😂😂😂
Nick Davila
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“The solution for Bombelli was to create a new number, i, called an imaginary number, which was simply defined as the solution to the question, What is the square root of negative one? This might seem like a cowardly solution to the problem, but it was no different to the way in which negative numbers were introduced.” Math was 100% invented not discovered LOL
— May 26, 2025 10:36PM
Nick Davila
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It’ll get interesting then get boring again right after hahaha
— May 26, 2025 02:54PM
Nick Davila
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“An Arab numerologist documents the practice of carving 220 on one fruit and 284 on another, and then eating the first one and offering the second one to a lover as a form of mathematical aphrodisiac”
Ok what is happening
— May 22, 2025 11:28AM
Ok what is happening
Nick Davila
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“Euclid believed in the search for mathematical truth for its own sake and did not look for applications in his work. One story tells of a student who questioned him about the use of the mathematics he was learning. Upon completing the lesson, Euclid turned to his slave and said, ‘Give the boy a penny since he desires to profit from all that he learns.’ The student was then expelled.”
LMAO I love this? 😭
— May 19, 2025 10:17PM
LMAO I love this? 😭
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Jun 08, 2025 10:58PM
“The mathematical writer Martin Gardner recalls a friend who would send back a note explaining that he was not competent to examine the proof. Instead he would provide them with the name and address of an expert in the field who could help – that is to say, the details of the last amateur to send him a proof.”
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