Singh is coming out with a book on the math in "Simpsons." Did Homer find a counter-example to Fermat's Last Theorem? Does 3987 raised to the twelth power added to 4365 raised to the twelth power = 4472 raised to the twelth?
Bonus: I forgot to include a link to this interesting article in the NYT a few days ago about a tenured professor who got fired and arrested after Georgia Tech apparently got offended by his high-flying ways.
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12th power: my calculator says "almost" - don't know whether that is a rounding error or reality. 7E-9 difference.
That article was very interesting. Talk about the hazards of "conflict of commitment"....
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