Which mathematician is famous for his 'Last Theorem' which remained unproven for over 300 years?
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Pierre de Fermat
Fermat wrote in the margin of a book that he had a 'marvelous proof' that was too large to fit in the margin. The theorem was finally proved by Andrew Wiles in 1994.
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