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Andrew J. Wiles

In 1993 Princeton University professor Andrew J. Wiles (born 1953) announced that he had solved one of the most legendary challenges in mathematics. Fermat's Last Theorem was an elegantly simple problem in need of a proof, and it had confounded mathematicians both professional and amateur for some 350 years. Wiles's successful cracking of the necessary code caused a stir in the math community and even landed him on the front page of the New York Times for solving what Science writer Barry Cipra asserted was "one of the unconquered peaks of mathematics."

Andrew J. Wiles was born April 11, 1953, in Cambridge, England, where his father was professor of theology at the famed medieval university there. In the Cambridge library the ten-year-old Wiles first came across Fermat's Last Theorem, and it intrigued him. He worked on it in his teens before realizing it was far more complex a challenge than he had originally assumed. After earning an undergraduate degree from Oxford University in 1974, Wiles went on to earn graduate degrees in math from Clare College, Cambr

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Andrew J. Wiles Awarded the "IMU Silver Plaque"

The British mathematician Andrew J. Wiles was honored with the "IMU silver plaque" of the International Mathematical Union. The chairman of the Fields Medals Committee, Yuri Manin, presented him with this award during the opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin.

During the Congress, which is held every four years, four Fields Medals are awarded to outstanding mathematicians under the age of forty. In view of their significance the Fields medals are often dubbed the "Nobel Prize of Mathematics." Four years ago, Andrew J. Wiles was a hot favorite for an award, since in 1993 he had presented a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem -- one of the most famous mathematical puzzles, which had remained unsolved for more than 350 years. Shortly afterwards, however, colleagues found a gap in the proof, which Wiles was only able to close up a year later. But this was too late for the Fields Medal, because Wiles w

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11 April 1953
Cambridge, England

Summary

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.

Biography

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. Andrew's mother was Patricia Margaret Mowll (1927-2005, known as Paddy). She married Maurice Wiles in 1950, at Cuckfield, Sussex, England. Maurice and Patricia Wiles had three children: Patrick David Wiles (born 2 May 1951); Andrew John Wiles, the subject of this biography; and Alison Ruth Wiles (born 3 August 1955).

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