> maybe someone can verify this, I thought some guy proved Fermet's last theorem a
> couple years ago?
Fermat's last theorem has been proven, but not in any
aesthetically-pleasing, tidy, or brief fashion. From Fermat's wording, it
sounds like he had come up with something that did fit that description
(though not brief enough to fit in the margin). Either that, or he was
mistaken, or else he was having us all on. In any case, the mystery of
exactly what he did have in mind is not solved by having come up with a
proof of the same problem.
--Eva