Created by Pierre de Fermat, a '17th century mischevious genius' who challenged mathematicians of his day to match his solutions to various number theory problems. This is his most famous challenge. Solved by Andrew Wiles, a Princeton mathematician.

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1. Created by Pierre de Fermat, a '17th century mischevious genius' who challenged mathematicians of his day to match his solutions to various number theory problems. This is his most famous challenge. Solved by Andrew Wiles, a Princeton mathematician.