LEONARD EUGENE DICKSON

Shortly thereafte,r he presented a a proof that any sufficiently large integer can be written as a sum of 1046 tenth powers – a fascinating finding that has proved of absolutely no socially utilitarian use. Congress and State Legislators beccome upset when public money is spent on new mathematial advances that don't seem to have any practical utility. However, much abstract mathematics was developed many years before society discovered that they were useful and in many cases invaluable. Also, even when a new mathematical creation never has any utility, it often leads to a more advanced form of mathematics for which there are useful applications.

Shortly thereafte,r he presented a a proof that any sufficiently large integer can be written as a sum of 1046 tenth powers – a fascinating finding that has proved of absolutely no socially utilitarian use. Congress and State Legislators beccome upset when public money is spent on new mathematial advances that don't seem to have any practical utility. However, much abstract mathematics was developed many years before society discovered that they were useful and in many cases invaluable. Also, even when a new mathematical creation never has any utility, it often leads to a more advanced form of mathematics for which there are useful applications.