Fermat couldn't possibly have had this proof.

Young children simply aren't interested in Fermat. They just want to hear a story and they're not going to let you do anything else.

I don't believe Fermat had a proof. I think he fooled himself into thinking he had a proof.

I really believed that I was on the right track, but that did not mean that I would necessarily reach my goal.

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