I need a good talk title

Andrew Koenig ark at alice.UUCP
Wed Aug 31 22:58:50 AEST 1988


I once heard that the great mathematician David Hilbert
was invited to give a talk on any subject he liked
during the early days of air travel.  His subject:

	The Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem

Needless to say, his talk was eagerly anticipated.
The day arrived, the talk was given, and it was brilliant --
but it had nothing at all to do with Fermat's Last Theorem.

After the talk, someone asked Hilbert why he had picked
a title that had nothing to do with the talk.  His answer:
``Oh, that title was just in case the plane crashed.''
-- 
				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark at europa.att.com



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