A reply to Olbers' attempt in 1816 to entice him to work on...

A reply to Olbers' attempt in 1816 to entice him to work on Fermat's Theorem. I confess that Fermat's Theorem as an isolated proposition has very little interest for me, because I could easily lay down a multitude of such propositions, which one could neither prove nor dispose of. []

Carl Friedrich Gauss Quote About Work, Littles, Mathematical: A Reply To Olbers Attempt...

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