Frazz by Jef Mallett for July 01, 2018

If Frazz knows Fermat’s Last Theorem, I doubt that, he doesn’t understand what it means, because it’s pretty easy.

What it basically means is: „Pythagoras’ Theorem doesn’t work with natural numbers in dimensions higher than 2“.

So, in principle, it’s even a bit disappointing….

Its proof, on the other hand, I am told, and, i’m sure, Frazz would certainly agree on, is definitely not a piece of cake….

Recently, FLT has been proven by the British mathematician Andrew Wiles.

Is that the one who gets his blackboard washed off before it gets documented?

I know that I don’t know what I don’t know. That’s at least something. In some cases ignorace is bliss.

One can take great comfort in choosing something not to know. Relieves the mind from the negative image posited in the oft heard statement: I should know that.

Fermat’s Last Theorem is pretty easy to understand, it was just really hard to prove. But I thought they did that a while ago.

The first step in becoming wise, is to know that no matter how much you DO know, you will never know all there is to know and you are content to know you will never know everything there is to know…Happy July first, with a plethora of word plays on the word “know”!

Now 2125420567.

Now that is great circulation on a comic strip.

“If you push something hard enough, it will fall over” - Fudd’s First Law of Opposition…

Almost as strange as Marvin the Paranoid Android announcing that he’s worked out the square root of -1…

8675309,Jenny ;)

Under the stars with your girlfriend and a bottle of wine, it makes sense that the topic of conversation is Fermat’s Last Theorem.

What I dislike is willful ignorance. How many people refuse to believe facts because it doesn’t fit in their “truth”.

Do people really use stemware to drink wine for outdoor picnics? I’d think that something sturdier (and probably plastic) would be more appropriate. Then again, I’m something of a cultural philistine.

So who is going to trot out the Rumsfeld quote about knowledge?

This looks like a real date. Is this their first? Previous jogging dates don’t really count.

I’ve read everyone’s comments…..now I’m going back to bed for a while and then try to start all over again….thank you all!

The words,“I don’t know” are inhibited by testosterone.

Andrew Wiles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat%27s_Last_Theorem

“Is a puzzlement!” — The King and I .

I have a simple proof which is too large to fit inthis comment box…

That’s the second strip today with a Mark Twain quote. See Non Sequitor.