Filipino Professor Challenges Fermat's Last Theorem Proof

[northzax]

from the Manila Times...http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/may/05/yehey/top_stories/20050505top4.html

UP Math prof proves Princeton man wrong

By Rony V. Diaz

Edgar Escultura, a prof­essor of mathematics at the University of the Philippines, proved that Andrew Wiles’ proof of Fermat’s last theorem is false.



don't forget to check out Prof. Wiles' response at the end, best line? Also I’d like to have the address of the guy who let you get a PhD 30 years ago. I’d like to discuss few things with him.

[Odonata]

1. This article inaccurately states

Fremat's Last Theorem as:
"xn + yn = zn has no solution in integers x, y z except 0 which satisfies the equation."

where it is really:
x^n + y^n = z^n has no non-zero integer solutions for x, y and z when n is an integer > 2.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FermatsLastTheorem.html

This threw me for a bit, because I could think of several qualifying values for x,y and z given the first.

[northzax]

2. good catch

I was just amused by the entire thing, sure the proof doesn't hold up, if all of Mathematics is wrong!