Fermat’s Last Theorem (in Diophantus’ Arithmetica), 1637
︎︎︎ Jordan Castro
︎ Nov 12, 2025
It is impossible to separate a cube into
two cubes, or a fourth power into two
fourth powers, or in general, any power
higher than the second, into two like
powers. I have discovered a truly
marvelous proof of this, which this
margin is too narrow to contain.
two cubes, or a fourth power into two
fourth powers, or in general, any power
higher than the second, into two like
powers. I have discovered a truly
marvelous proof of this, which this
margin is too narrow to contain.
*This is one of Jordan’s marginalia poems, composed from the marginal notes of other authors.*
Jordan Castro is the author of the novels Muscle Man (2025) and The Novelist (2022).
Also by Jordan: Lent