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   Sir Andrew John Wiles KBE FRS (born 11 April 1953) is an English mathematician and a Royal Society Research Professor at the University of Oxford, specialising in number theory. He is best known for proving Fermat's Last Theorem , for which he was awarded the 2016 Abel Prize and the 2017 Copley Medal and for which he was appointed a Knight ...

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   Apr 18, 2024 · Andrew Wiles (born April 11, 1953, Cambridge, England) is a British mathematician who proved Fermat’s last theorem. In recognition, he was awarded a special silver plaque—he was beyond the traditional age limit of 40 years for receiving the gold Fields Medal —by the International Mathematical Union in 1998.

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   Did Andrew Wiles solve Fermat's Last Theorem?

   • Andrew Wiles (in 1998) poses next to Fermat's last theorem — the proof of which has won him the Abel prize. Credit: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP British number theorist Andrew Wiles has received the 2016 Abel Prize for his solution to Fermat’s last theorem — a problem that stumped some of the world’s greatest minds for three and a half centuries.

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   Who is Andrew Wiles?

   • British number theorist Andrew Wiles has received the 2016 Abel Prize for his solution to Fermat’s last theorem — a problem that stumped some of the world’s greatest minds for three and a half centuries. The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters announced the award — considered by some to be the 'Nobel of mathematics' — on 15 March.

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   Why did Wiles win the Abel Prize?

   • (The full citation for the Abel Prize states that it was awarded to Wiles “for his stunning proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem by way of the modularity conjecture for semistable elliptic curves, opening a new era in number theory.”)

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   Who was Andrew Wiles father?

   • Andrew Wiles' father, Maurice Frank Wiles (1923-2005), studied moral sciences and theology at the University of Cambridge, then trained for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. After two years as a curate in Stockport, he became the chaplain at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, from 1950 to 1955.

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4. www.pbs.org › wgbh › novaAndrew Wiles on Solving Fermat | NOVA | PBS

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   Nov 1, 2000 · Watch an interview with Andrew Wiles, the mathematician who proved Fermat's Last Theorem after 300 years of unsuccess. Learn about his childhood obsession, his breakthrough, his error, and his triumph.

5. www.nature.com › articles › natureFermat's last theorem earns Andrew Wiles the Abel Prize

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   Mar 15, 2016 · British number theorist Andrew Wiles has received the 2016 Abel Prize for his solution to Fermat’s last theorem — a problem that stumped some of the world’s greatest minds for three and a half...

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7. mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk › Biographies › WilesAndrew Wiles (1953 - ) - Biography - MacTutor History of ...

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   Apr 11, 2011 · Andrew Wiles is an English mathematician famous for having proved Fermat's Last Theorem in 1995. He has received numerous honours including being made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen in 2000, and being awarded the Wolf Prize, the Shaw Prize, the Clay Research Award and the Abel Prize.

8. www.pbs.org › wgbh › novaNOVA Online | The Proof | Solving Fermat: Andrew Wiles - PBS

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   Solving Fermat: Andrew Wiles. Andrew Wiles devoted much of his entire career to proving Fermat's Last Theorem, the world's most famous mathematical problem. In 1993, he made front-page...

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    Mar 17, 2016 · This week, British professor Andrew Wiles, 62, got prestigious recognition for his feat, winning the Abel Prize from the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for providing a proof for...