Andrew Wiles quotes

Andrew Wiles is an English mathematician, most famous for proving Fermat’s Last Theorem. His work solved a centuries-old problem that had puzzled mathematicians around the world. He continues to be celebrated for his deep contributions to number theory and for inspiring future generations of mathematicians. Here are 39 of his quotes:

However impenetrable it seems, if you don't try it, then you can never do it. (Andrew Wiles)

I know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it's more rewarding than anything I can imagine.

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Always try the problem that matters most to you.

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I had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream.

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I grew up in Cambridge in England, and my love of mathematics dates from those early childhood days.

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I don't believe Fermat had a proof. I think he fooled himself into thinking he had a proof.

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I hope that seeing the excitement of solving this problem will make young mathematicians realize that there are lots and lots of other problems in mathematics which are going to be just as challenging in the future.

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I really believed that I was on the right track, but that did not mean that I would necessarily reach my goal.

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I realized that anything to do with Fermat's Last Theorem generates too much interest.

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The definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it generates rather than the problem itself.

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Pure mathematicians just love to try unsolved problems - they love a challenge. (Andrew Wiles)

Here was a problem, that I, a ten year old, could understand and I knew from that moment that I would never let it go. I had to solve it.

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Young children simply aren't interested in Fermat. They just want to hear a story and they're not going to let you do anything else.

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Fermat couldn't possibly have had this proof.

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Certainly one thing that I've learned is that it is important to pick a problem based on how much you care about it.

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I think I'll stop here.

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Just because we can't find a solution it doesn't mean that there isn't one.

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The greatest problem for mathematicians now is probably the Riemann Hypothesis.

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Fermat said he had a proof.

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We've lost something that's been with us for so long, and something that drew a lot of us into mathematics. But perhaps that's always the way with math problems, and we just have to find new ones to capture our attention.

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But the best problem I ever found, I found in my local public library. (Andrew Wiles)

That particular odyssey is now over. My mind is now at rest.

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There are proofs that date back to the Greeks that are still valid today.

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I tried to fit it in with some previous broad conceptual understanding of some part of mathematics that would clarify the particular problem I was thinking about.

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The only way I could relax was when I was with my children.

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Andrew Wiles

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Occupation: English Mathematician
Born: April 11, 1953
Quotes count: 39
Wikipedia: Andrew Wiles

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