Fermat's Last Theorem Earns Andrew Wiles the Abel Prize
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Re: Fermat's Last Theorem Earns Andrew Wiles the Abel Prize
#2There's a really nice documentary on Andrew Wiles and Fermat's Last Theorem
It even gives a high level description of the methods used for those who are interested.
Re: Fermat's Last Theorem Earns Andrew Wiles the Abel Prize
#3There's a really nice documentary on Andrew Wiles and Fermat's Last Theorem https://vimeo.com/18216532 It even gives a high level description of the methods used for those who are interested.
This is probably the best math research documentary of all time.
Re: Fermat's Last Theorem Earns Andrew Wiles the Abel Prize
#4I know he has other sources of income but the fact that this extremely smart and dedicated person, in an age of professional lifestyle bloggers, "travellers" and other celebrities, is rewarded for his efforts and can just go out and buy himself a brand new Ferrari with the prize money makes me smile.
Re: Fermat's Last Theorem Earns Andrew Wiles the Abel Prize
#5If interested there is a very good book about this subject: http://www.amazon.com/Fermats-Enigma-Greatest-Mathematical-P...
Re: Fermat's Last Theorem Earns Andrew Wiles the Abel Prize
#6There's a really nice documentary on Andrew Wiles and Fermat's Last Theorem https://vimeo.com/18216532 It even gives a high level description of the methods used for those who are interested.
"He was not a very careful person as a mathematician. He made a lot of mistakes. But he made mistakes in a good direction. I tried to imitate him. But I've realized that it's very difficult to make good mistakes."
- Goro Shimura's profound description of how Yutaka Taniyama approached mathematics.
I never understood the amount of creativity and ingenuity that goes into good math until I learned some number theory and abstract algebra back in my college days, and read about the many math greats throughout history.
Thanks for the link to the documentary. This was well worth the time.
Re: Fermat's Last Theorem Earns Andrew Wiles the Abel Prize
#7There's a really nice documentary on Andrew Wiles and Fermat's Last Theorem https://vimeo.com/18216532 It even gives a high level description of the methods used for those who are interested.
I had the great fortune of being shown this documentary during highschool calculus class. Even though I didn't understand the details at all, it was my first glimpse into what "real math" (so to speak) was about.
Re: Fermat's Last Theorem Earns Andrew Wiles the Abel Prize
#8I know he has other sources of income but the fact that this extremely smart and dedicated person, in an age of professional lifestyle bloggers, "travellers" and other celebrities, is rewarded for his efforts and can just go out and buy himself a brand new Ferrari with the prize money makes me smile.
> the fact that this extremely smart and dedicated person [...] is rewarded for his efforts
Yeah, all he had to do was prove Fermat's Last Theorem.
Re: Fermat's Last Theorem Earns Andrew Wiles the Abel Prize
#9I know he has other sources of income but the fact that this extremely smart and dedicated person, in an age of professional lifestyle bloggers, "travellers" and other celebrities, is rewarded for his efforts and can just go out and buy himself a brand new Ferrari with the prize money makes me smile.
> the fact that this extremely smart and dedicated person [...] is rewarded for his efforts Yeah, all he had to do was prove Fermat's Last Theorem.
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Re: Fermat's Last Theorem Earns Andrew Wiles the Abel Prize
#10I know he has other sources of income but the fact that this extremely smart and dedicated person, in an age of professional lifestyle bloggers, "travellers" and other celebrities, is rewarded for his efforts and can just go out and buy himself a brand new Ferrari with the prize money makes me smile.
> the fact that this extremely smart and dedicated person [...] is rewarded for his efforts Yeah, all he had to do was prove Fermat's Last Theorem.
And then wait 22 years.