It could be that the method... by Andrew Wiles, an English Mathematician

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“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.”

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Andrew Wiles

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Name: Andrew Wiles

Nationality: English

Date of Birth: Apr 11, 1953

Profession: Mathematician

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