Germain in Popular Culture
Germain was referenced and quoted in David Auburn's 2001 play Proof. The protagonist is a young struggling female mathematician, who found great inspiration in the work of Germain.
Germain was also mentioned in John Madden's 2005 movie "Proof" in a conversation between Gwyneth Paltrow and Jake Gyllenhaal's characters.
In the fictional work "The Last Theorem" by Arthur C. Clarke and Frederik Pohl, Sophie Germain was credited with inspiring Ranjit Subramanian to solve Fermat's Last Theorem.
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