Exploring 'Near Miss' Solutions to Fermat's Last Theorem in The Simpsons

This article examines two episodes of The Simpsons where Homer encounters 'near miss' solutions to Fermat's Last Theorem, highlighting cases where the 12th roots are remarkably close.

Exploring 'Near Miss' Solutions to Fermat's Last Theorem in The Simpsons
Alvaro Lozano-Robledo
3.6K views β€’ Oct 25, 2025
Exploring 'Near Miss' Solutions to Fermat's Last Theorem in The Simpsons

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In two episodes of the Simpsons, Homer finds two "near misses" of Fermat's Last Theorem, in the sense that the 12-th roots are very close. Here we find a bunch of "near misses" such that the decimal expansions differ only by one digit

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