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Article #4115Fermat's Last Theorem apparently proven
From: Phil R. Karn
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 1988 16:05
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 1988 16:05
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An article on the AP wire reports that Japanese mathematician Yoichi Miyaoka at the Max Planck Institute in Bonn has apparently proven Fermat's Last Theorem. [The theorem states that X^N + Y^N = Z^N, where X,Y,Z,N are all integer, has no solutions when N is greater than 2]. I wonder what implications this might have for cryptography? Phil
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!uwvax!rutgers!bellcore!faline!thumper!karn From: karn@thumper.bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Fermat's Last Theorem apparently proven Message-ID: <977@thumper.bellcore.com> Date: 9 Mar 88 16:05:17 GMT Organization: Bell Communications Research, Inc Lines: 10