Andrew Wiles Quotes

The only way I could relax was when I was with my children.
Andrew Wiles

Children, Relax

Then when I reached college I realized that many people had thought about the problem during the 18th and 19th centuries and so I studied those methods.
Andrew Wiles

Thought, Problem, College

There are proofs that date back to the Greeks that are still valid today.
Andrew Wiles

Today, Date, Greeks

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 woke up in the morning, when I went to sleep at night, and that went on for eight years.
Andrew Wiles

Time, Morning, Freedom

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 it turns out that they're extremely hard to solve.
Andrew Wiles

Simple, Hard, Try

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Mathematician

Born: April 11, 1953

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