In 1953, Enrico Fermi criticized Dyson's model by quoting Johnny von Neumann:
"With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him
wiggle his trunk." So far, there have been several attempts to fit an elephant
using four parameters, but as the problem has not been well-defined, the
current methods do not completely satisfy the requirements. This paper defines
the problem and presents an attempt.