Andrew Wiles Cracks the 357-Year-Old Math Mystery 🧠

How Andrew Wiles solved the problem that stumped mathematicians for 357 years. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription

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