Fermat's Last Theorem - Ode to Fermat

By E. B. Burger

In around 1640, Fermat,
upon his reading of Diophantus
Was led to a romantic assertion that would
From that point on entrance us
Never did he dream that a few words in a
margin could make him a hero
As he wrote that certain equations had no
solutions other than zero.
Many searched for a proof and there may
have been the rumor,
It looks a complete solution will
be found soon by Kummer.
This was not the case and a proof would
not appear out of thin air,
but perhaps using the curve of Frey and
and conjecture of Serre
This strategy indeed works as proven by
Ribet, Taylor, Wiles, and Wiles
Causing the mathematical community at large
to don tearful smiles
Thus although now the spirit of Fermat
is finally content
He is shocked that the proof is not just a
simple method of descent.

Teorema de Fermat