Andrew Wiles Quotes

English mathematician (1953–)

Sir Andrew John Wiles (born 11 April 1953) is an English mathematician at Oxford University in number theory. He is most famous for finally proving Fermat's Last Theorem.

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Alternative Names: Sir Andrew John Wiles • Andrew John Wiles • Andrew J. Wiles • Dr. Andrew Wiles • Prof. Sir Andrew Wiles FRS

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But perhaps that's always the way with math problems, and we just have to find new ones to capture our attention.

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

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

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.