Andrew Wiles

Always try the problem that matters most to you. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

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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. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

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Pure mathematicians just love to try unsolved problems - they love a challenge. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

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But the best problem I ever found, I found in my local public library. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

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Fermat said he had a proof. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

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However impenetrable it seems, if you don't try it, then you can never do it. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

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

— Andrew Wiles

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

— Andrew Wiles

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

— Andrew Wiles

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Mathematicians aren't satisfied because they know there are no solutions up to four million or four billion, they really want to know that there are no solutions up to infinity. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

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