Author: Andrew Wiles

Quotes

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

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

- Andrew Wiles

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

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

- Andrew Wiles

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

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

- Andrew Wiles

I was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about it all the time - when I woke up in the morning, when I went to sleep at night - and that went on for eight years.

I was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about it all the time - when I woke up in the morning, when I went to sleep at night - and that went on for eight years.

- Andrew Wiles

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

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

- Andrew Wiles

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

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

- Andrew Wiles

It's fine to work on any problem, so long as it generates interesting mathematics along the way - even if you don't solve it at the end of the day.

It's fine to work on any problem, so long as it generates interesting mathematics along the way - even if you don't solve it at the end of the day.

- Andrew Wiles

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