Wait, Did Homer Just Find A Solution To Fermat’s Last Theorem?

I have discovered a truly marvellous proof of this which this margin is too narrow to contain

Barry Leung, KoMG

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In Simpson’s The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace, thanks to his desperation to become an inventor like his newfound idol Thomas Edison, Homer Simpson jots down four equations on the board as he contemplates his next big idea.

Whiles each equation is legitimate, the top equation from example comes eerily close to predicting the exact mass of the Higgs Boson particle, it is the second equation which continues to prove the most interesting.

This is a simple formula containing numbers each to the power of 12.

Now I dare you to input this sum into a calculator. Chances are the calculator will reveal that the equation…