I had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream. — Andrew Wiles Copy Share Image
I grew up in Cambridge in England, and my love of mathematics dates from those early childhood days. — Andrew Wiles Copy Share Image
The greatest problem for mathematicians now is probably the Riemann Hypothesis. — Andrew Wiles Copy Share Image
I loved doing problems in school. I'd take them home and make up new ones of my own. But the best problem I ever found, I found in my local public library. I was just browsing through the section of math books and I found this one book, which was all about one particular problem - Fermat's Last Theorem. — Andrew Wiles Copy Share
There are proofs that date back to the Greeks that are still valid today. — Andrew Wiles Copy Share Image
Perhaps the methods I needed to complete the proof would not be invented for a hundred years. So even if I was on the… — Andrew Wiles Copy Share Image
However impenetrable it seems, if you don't try it, then you can never do it. — Andrew Wiles Copy Share Image
There's also a sense of freedom. I was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about if all the time - when… — Andrew Wiles Copy Share Image
Some mathematics problems look simple, and you try them for a year or so, and then you try them for a hundred years, and… — Andrew Wiles Copy Share Image
Well, some mathematics problems look simple, and you try them for a year or so, and then you try them for a hundred years,… — Andrew Wiles Copy Share Image
Mathematics... is a bit like discovering oil. ... But mathematics has one great advantage over oil, in that no one has yet ... found… — Andrew Wiles Copy Share Image
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… — Andrew Wiles Copy Share Image
