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Comment by thevivekpandey

In lean, a theorem is specified by a type (in their highly complex "dependent type system") and proof is specified by a code that produces a term of that type.

If the compiler certifies that the code indeed produces a term of that type, then the proof is correct.

So, only need to trust: (1) That theorem statement is correctly encoded (FLT has a very short 1 liner description really)

(2) Lean compiler is correct

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