3 Aug
2004
3 Aug
'04
2:51 p.m.
The Manila Times is the oldest running newspaper in the Philippines. Here's an editorial from a couple of days ago, "Putting Fermat’s last theorem to rest" http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2004/jul/31/yehey/opinion/20040731opi4.h... Excerpt: The most fundamental error Wiles committed, however, is: he tried to tackle FLT without assessing the status of the underlying fields– foundations, number theory and analysis. Present mathematical reasoning is flawed. Number theory has no valid axiomatization; therefore, no valid proof exists... -- Thane Plambeck thane@best.com http://www.plambeck.org