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Release: May 8, 1995
Contact: Jacquelyn Savani (609/258-5729)


"Fermat's Last Theorem, A Personal
Account" Wiles Gives Public Lecture
to Mark Publication of Proof

Princeton, N.J.--Princeton University Mathematics Professor Andrew
Wiles will give a public lecture entitled "Fermat's Last Theorem,
A Personal Account," on Monday, May 15, at 8:00 p.m. in McCosh 50
on campus. The lecture marks the publication this month in the
Annals of Mathematics of Wiles's solution to a celebrated problem
stated over 350 years ago by the French mathematician Pierre de
Fermat in the margin of the 1621 edition of Diophantus'
Arithmetic.

Note to Media: Press intending on covering the event should
contact Susan Weinkopff at the Communications Office at (609) 258-
3601, so that a seat can be reserved. No video cameras or flash
photography before or during the lecture. At the end, after Wiles
has finished taking questions from the audience, there will be a
photo opportunity.

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