it&#x27;s worth reading just for one of the best book in-jokes ever - see the introductory part &quot;Notes on the Exercises&quot; of Volume 2 &quot;Seminumerical Algorithms&quot;<p>3. [M50] Prove that when n is an integer, n &gt; 2, the equation xn + yn = zn has no solution in positive integers x, y, z.<p>Knuth&#x27;s book was published in 1973. The initial solution to this exercise was solved by a then Princeton professor in 1993 and was finalized by same professor and his former student by 1995.