Fermat's Last Theorem
In popular culture

The popularity of the theorem outside science has led to it being described as achieving "that rarest of mathematical accolades: A niche role in pop culture."

Arthur Porges ' 1954 short story " The Devil and Simon Flagg " features a mathematician who bargains with the Devil that the latter cannot produce a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem within twenty-four hours.

In The Simpsons episode " The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace ", Homer Simpson writes the equation 3987 + 4365 = 4472 on a blackboard, which appears to be a counterexample to Fermat's Last Theorem. The equation is wrong, but it appears to be correct if entered in a calculator with 10 significant figures.

In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " The Royale ", Captain Picard states that the theorem is still unproven in the 24th century. The proof was released 5 years after the episode originally aired.
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