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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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+ | This is a reference to {{w|Fermat's Last Theorem}}, humorously implying that Fermat created a similar theorem as a child. Fermat's Last Theorem states that no three positive integers a, b, and c satisfy the equation a<sup>n</sup>+b<sup>n</sup>=c<sup>n</sup> for any integer value of n greater than 2. It is notable for having remained unproved a long time, despite many attempts to prove it, before being proved true. | ||
− | + | Little Fermat didn't try to prove the mathematical equation, but simply tried to read it as words, treating the "+" sign as a "t" so that "A<sup>N</sup>+" can be read as "ANT". His interpretation was quickly disproved because there's no "A" between "B" and "C", and no "O" bectween "C" and "N". | |
− | + | In the title text, the "words" are "ANT BNECN", treating the "=" as an "E"; "=" doesn't really look like "E", but it's pronounced "equals" and that begins with "E". It then references {{w|Andrew Wiles}}, who finally proved Fermat's Last Theorem in the 1990's. Supposedly he proved this modified form of Fermat's First Theorem as well, by creating this as breakfast. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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− | :[A Hairy-like boy, representing Pierre de Fermat as a child, stands at a blackboard holding a piece of chalk. To his right is Miss Lenhart. The following text is | + | :[A Hairy-like boy, representing Pierre de Fermat as a child, stands at a blackboard holding a piece of chalk. To his right is Miss Lenhart. The following text is written on the blackboard:] |
:A<sup>N</sup> + B<sup>N</sup> = C<sup>N</sup> | :A<sup>N</sup> + B<sup>N</sup> = C<sup>N</sup> | ||
:SPELLS | :SPELLS | ||
:ANT BACON | :ANT BACON | ||
− | :[Caption | + | :[Caption]: Fermat's ''First'' Theorem was quickly disproved |
− | :Fermat's ''First'' Theorem was quickly disproved | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Math]] | [[Category:Math]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Miss Lenhart]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Miss Lenhart]] | ||
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