Comment on How to Solve It (1945)parentComments−hgsgm3yIf what you say is true, why did it take so long to prove Fermat's Last Theorem?Polya's book is distilling hard fought PhD wisdom into a book children can understand.It's for solving novel hard problems, not trivial ones.−raincole3yThe best people the GP worked with are probably not capable to solve Fermat's Last Theorem at the first place...
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If what you say is true, why did it take so long to prove Fermat's Last Theorem?
Polya's book is distilling hard fought PhD wisdom into a book children can understand.
It's for solving novel hard problems, not trivial ones.
The best people the GP worked with are probably not capable to solve Fermat's Last Theorem at the first place...