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* In Arthur Porges' short story "The Devil and Simon Flagg", a mathematician [[Chess with Death|bets his soul]] that the Devil cannot prove Fermat's last theorem in twenty-four hours. {{spoiler|He wins.}}
** A problem that might be substituted for Fermat's Last Theorem if reusing this plot would be to ask for [[wikipedia:Ramsey number#Ramsey numbers|Ramsey numbers]]. Extra bonus for them being associated with an [[Alien Invasion]] anecdote.
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