Pierre de Fermat
It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.Collection: Power
And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything.
But it is impossible to divide a cube into two cubes, or a fourth power into fourth powers, or generally any power beyond the square into like powers; of this I have found a remarkable demonstration. This margin is too narrow to contain it.
I will share all of this with you whenever you wish.
I am more exempt and more distant than any man in the world.
I have found a very great number of exceedingly beautiful theorems.
I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this, which however the margin is not large enough to contain.Collection: Math
To divide a cube into two other cubes, a fourth power, or in general any power whatever into two powers of the same denomination above the second is impossible, and I have assuredly found an admirable proof of this, but the margin is too narrow to contain it.Collection: Math
I am more exempt and more distant than any man in the worldCollection: Men
And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown that the ancients did not know everything.Collection: Science