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Andrew Wiles Quotes

English - Mathematician | April 11, 1953 -

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

Good Mathematics Problem Rather Than

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

Life Childhood Dream Privilege Rare

Just because we can't find a solution it doesn't mean that there isn't one.

Solution Find Just Because Mean Just

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 complete the proof would not be invented for a hundred years.

Mathematics Day Step Present Beyond

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

Love Challenge Problems Try Pure

Always try the problem that matters most to you.

Problem You Try Matters Always Most

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.

Know Want Satisfied Up Infinity

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 track, I could be living in the wrong century.

Wrong Living Right Years Right Track

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.

Work Mathematics Day End Problem

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

Love Mathematics Childhood Early Up

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 mathematics which are going to be just as challenging in the future.

Future Hope Mathematics Problems

That particular odyssey is now over. My mind is now at rest.

Mind Rest Now Over Odyssey

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