Proofs like Wiles brilliant solution of the famous FermatLastTheorem are long and difficult.
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It involves questions like Fermat's LastTheorem and the Riemann Hypothesis.
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However, the famous Fermat's LastTheorem tells us that if the numbers are not squared but, say, multiplied three times (cubed) then no numbers can be found that will work.