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Going Beyond Fermat's Last Theorem

amjith writes "An Indian mathematician, Chandrashekhar Khare, is poised to make a significant breakthrough in the field of number theory with his solution of part of a major outstanding problem in algebraic number theory. He is currently an associate professor in Mathematics Department of University of Utah. "

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  1. Isnt everybody? by ShaniaTwain · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know I'm poised to make a huge breakthrough, unfortunately I can never seem to make it over that last hurdle, which is, you know.. to make the actual breakthrough.

  2. Re:And being Indian ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And being an associate professor and at the University of Utah. Why oh why do they flood us with these details? :(

  3. Re:What is it about? by Timesprout · · Score: 5, Funny

    This proof will be the final step in achieving a 10x performance increase in the DNF rendering engine. We can expect to see DNF released shortly after this guy completes the solution.

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  4. Re:And being Indian ... by zzz1357 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because Indians are naturally better at higher math than other ethnic groups. Which is why, incidentally, that the early settlers in America tried to wipe them out.

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  5. Re:And being Indian ... by greenplato · · Score: 5, Funny

    That may be true, but you'll never truly understand Algebra until you read it in its original Klingon.

  6. Re:Somebody give that man tenure, quick! by DrewCapu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Too late, the San Francisco 49ers already drafted him.

    Oh wait.

  7. Re:But... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have discovered a truely remarkable proof for this theorem which the bandwidth of the server is unable to contain.