Pierre de Fermat

Pada bulan Maret 1994 Falting menulis kepada Scientific American, mengatakan If it were easy, he would have solved it by now. Strictly speaking, it was not a proof when it was announced Weil, juga kepada Scientific American menuliskan I believe he has had some good ideas in trying to construct the proof but the proof is not there. To some extent, proving Fermat’s theorem is like climbing Everest. If a man wants to climb Everest and falls short of it by 100 yards, he has not climbed Everest.