Let (X, μ) be a probability measure space and $T_{1},\ldots ,T_{n}$ be a family of commuting, measure preserving invertible transformations on X. Let $Q(m_{1},\ldots ...
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The proof Wiles finally came up with (helped by Richard Taylor) was something Fermat would never have dreamed up. It tackled the theorem indirectly, by means of an enormous bridge that mathematicians ...
Mathematicians have figured out how to expand the reach of a mysterious bridge connecting two distant continents in the mathematical world. The proof Wiles finally came up with (helped by Richard ...