Imperial College London Leads Open-Source Project to Formalize Fermat's Last Theorem Proof
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Summary
An ongoing multi-author open-source project led by Kevin Buzzard aims to formalize the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem using the Lean theorem prover. The project, hosted at Imperial College London and funded by EPSRC, seeks to advance mathematical research through collaborative efforts.
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The project is currently being led by Kevin Buzzard.
Until September 2029 it is being funded by grant EP/Y022904/1, awarded by the EPSRC.
Kevin would like to extend many many thanks to both of these institutions for their ongoing support of this nonstandard research.
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