This dance was devised for the Erlanger SCD group by Alice Silverberg and Karl Rubin in August of 1994. They had been working here for a term as mathematicians at the university. Over 350 years ago, Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665) stated a mathematics conjecture, which became known as Fermat's Last Theorem. Andrew Wiles (whose first PhD student was Karl) announced a proof of the conjecture in June of 1993. The dance was written in honor of Wiles' announcement of a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. The bicycle motif that occurs in the dance (note the wheels and spokes) commemorates the fact that Erlangen is a very bicycle-friendly town. 