Recalls Wiles, “I was sitting at my desk examining my method. It wasn’t that I thought I could make it work, but I thought I could at least explain why it didn’t work. Suddenly, I had this incredible revelation. I realized although Kolyvagin-Flach wasn’t working completely, it was all I needed to make my original Iwasawa thoery work!”
Recalls Wiles, “I was sitting at my desk examining my method. It wasn’t that I thought I could make it work, but I thought I could at least explain why it didn’t work. Suddenly, I had this incredible revelation. I realized although Kolyvagin-Flach wasn’t working completely, it was all I needed to make my original Iwasawa thoery work!”