The Last Theorem

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The Last Theorem is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the authors’ imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2008 by The Estate of Arthur C. Clarke

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Clarke, Arthur C. (Arthur Charles), 1917–2008.

The last theorem / Arthur C. Clarke and Frederik Pohl—1st ed.

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1. Mathematicians—Fiction. 2. Physicists—Fiction. 3. Fermat’s last theorem—Fiction. 4. Space vehicles—Propulsion systems—Fiction. 5. Sri Lanka—Fiction. I. Pohl, Frederik. II. Title.

PR6005.L36L37 2008 823’.914—dc22 2008021262

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