Andrew wiles born
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Andrew Wiles
| Born: April 11, 1953 (age 60), in Cambridge, England |
| Nationality: British |
| Famous For: Proving Fermat’s Last Theorem |
| Awards: Fermat Prize (1995), Royal Medal (1996), Shaw Prize (2005) |
Andrew Wiles was born on April 11, 1953, in Cambridge, England.
Andrew wiles born
His father, Maurice, was the Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford. Since he was a young child, Andrew was always interested in mathematics. He would finish all of his schoolwork only to make up new math problems that he solved on his own.
He also rented out books from the library near him, which he used to find new math problems that would challenge and teach him.
Maurice wiles
Wiles’ Early Education
One of the books that Wiles rented from the library was on the subject of Fermat’s Last Theorem. This was actually an unsolved math problem that had not been figured out for over 300 years.
Andrew took this problem as his own and set his sights towards solving it, even though he was only 10 y