Andrew Wiles Quotes

Sir Andrew John Wiles is an English mathematician and a Royal Society Research Professor at the University of Oxford, specializing in number theory. He is best known for proving Fermat's Last Theorem, for which he was awarded the 2016 Abel Prize and the 2017 Copley Medal by the Royal Society. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2000, and in 2018 was appointed as the first Regius Professor of Mathematics at Oxford. Wiles is also a 1997 MacArthur Fellow. Wikipedia  

✵ 11. April 1953
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Famous Andrew Wiles Quotes

“Fermat was my childhood passion.”

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Andrew Wiles Quotes about problems

“Always try the problem that matters most to you.”

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Andrew Wiles Quotes

“Fermat couldn't possibly have had this proof.”

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“I think I'll stop here.”

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After finishing writing the proof to Fermat's Last Thereom (June 23, 1993), as quoted by [Simon Singh, Fermat's Enigma: The Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem, Viking, 1997, 0-670-87756-5, 33]

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