The alien hypothesis?

[David Casseres]

While Fermat's Theorem may have application in cryptography, I am
quite sure that the proof of the theorem does not.

On 10/17/05, Richard Fiero <rfiero at gmail.com> wrote:
> At 07:32 PM 10/17/2005, jporter wrote:
>
> >On Oct 17, 2005, at 8:07 PM, John Doe wrote:
> >
> >>Tell that to the mathematicians who worked on solving
> >>the Fermat problem; tell them their enthusiasm,
> >>obsession, passion was funded by the government...and
> >>that all the time and energy they spent on trying to
> >>solve the damn thing was subsidized by Uncle Sam for
> >>military purposes....
> >
> >Was the proof of Fernat's Last Theorem science?
> >
> >Seemed more like an exercise in pure mathematics
> >to me, but I'm not a scientist.
> >
> >jody
>
> Fermat's theorem has application in cryptography the use of which is
> essential to the military.  Strong encryption is classified as a munition
> by the U.S.G.
> Please try again, Mr. Doe.
>
>