Best Andrew Wiles Quotes
- 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… Adult
- Perhaps the methods I needed to complete the proof would not be invented for a hundred years. So even if I was on the right… Century
- 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… Challenging
- It could be that the methods needed to take the next step may simply be beyond present day mathematics. Perhaps the methods I needed to… Beyond
- I don't believe Fermat had a proof. I think he fooled himself into thinking he had a proof. Believe
- I realized that anything to do with Fermat's Last Theorem generates too much interest. Generates
- I'm sure that some of them will be very hard and I'll have a sense of achievement again, but nothing will mean the same to… Achievement
- There's also a sense of freedom. I was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about if all the time - when I… All
- Well, some mathematics problems look simple, and you try them for a year or so, and then you try them for a hundred years, and… Extremely