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12-16-96. NYP Book review: Fermat's Last Theorem: Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem By Amir D. Aczel The world has many worlds, with the priestly cult of mathematicians, so mystifyingly and inaccessible to most people, among the more esoterically interesting of them. Aczel describes the intrigue and double-dealing in the international world of mathematical speculation, some of which involves Andrew Wile's proof of Fermat's theorem. ----- FER_mat ---------- The NYP reported on Wile's proof in January, 1995: http://jya.com/fermhak.txt (15 kb) FERM_hak