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iWas Fermat’s Last Theorem seen as totally or virtually inaccessible before Andrew Wiles announced his proof?
I was watching this short https://youtube.com/shorts/XESDBlwkb1U n which Terry Tao talks about the RH (sorry, need to use an acronym because of the automod):
> “Some problems… the tools are not there. It doesn’t matter how smart or quick you are. The analogy I have is like climbing. If you want to climb a cliff that’s 10 metres high, you can probably do it with like tools and equipment. But if it’s just a sheer cliff face, you know, a mile high and there’s no handholds whatsoever, you know, just forget it.”
Was FLT seen as one of these kinds of problems, where there was no pathway to a proof in sight, before Andrew Wiles presented his proof?
Just curious, as a layman, because I’m wondering about the chance of a mathematician suddenly emerging with a proof of the RH, the C. Conjecture (also blocked by the automod!), P vs NP, or some other proof seen as virtually inaccessible.
#science
I was watching this short https://youtube.com/shorts/XESDBlwkb1U n which Terry Tao talks about the RH (sorry, need to use an acronym because of the automod):
> “Some problems… the tools are not there. It doesn’t matter how smart or quick you are. The analogy I have is like climbing. If you want to climb a cliff that’s 10 metres high, you can probably do it with like tools and equipment. But if it’s just a sheer cliff face, you know, a mile high and there’s no handholds whatsoever, you know, just forget it.”
Was FLT seen as one of these kinds of problems, where there was no pathway to a proof in sight, before Andrew Wiles presented his proof?
Just curious, as a layman, because I’m wondering about the chance of a mathematician suddenly emerging with a proof of the RH, the C. Conjecture (also blocked by the automod!), P vs NP, or some other proof seen as virtually inaccessible.
#science
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