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From: gary@arizona.UUCP (Gary Marc Levin)
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Subject: Re: "Proof" of Fermat's Last Theorem
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Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 22:46:56 EST
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I attended the MAA part of the joint AMS/MAA meeting where the
paper was to be presented.  (I am a faculty member of the
Institute for Retraining in Computer Science and had a couple
of presentations to make.)

I arrived too late to hear the presentation, but the
mathematicians that I knew said that it was a very
uncomfortable situation.  The author suffers from some
condition that has left him unable to speak or walk.  His wife,
who apparently spoke little English and knew no mathematics,
was presenting the paper.  She read the abstract and that was
it.  On being asked if there was a pre-print available, she
said ``No.''

My guess is that the problem is still open.
-- 
Gary Levin / Dept of CS / U of AZ / Tucson, AZ 85721 / (602) 621-4231