Andrew Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem relied on p-adic numbers, a number system unfamiliar to most physicists and even most mathematicians, which are designed to describe fractal geometry rather than Euclidean geometry.
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Tim PalmerEvidence Quote
“it used a type of number system...called periodic numbers...if you want to describe the geometry really get down to the geometry of fractals then actually these periodic numbers...provide the means to actually talk kind of analytically and mathematically about these fractals”
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Chaos theory and geometry: can they predict our world? – with Tim Palmer— The Royal InstitutionCreated: 8/10/2026, 11:02:02 PM
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