A tearful Wiles recalls, “It was so indescribably beautiful; it was so simple and so elegant. I couldn’t understand how I’d missed it and I just stared at it in disbelief for twenty minutes. During the day I walked around, and I’d keep coming back to see if it was still there. It was. I couldn’t contain myself. Nothing I ever do again will mean as much.”
A tearful Wiles recalls, “It was so indescribably beautiful; it was so simple and so elegant. I couldn’t understand how I’d missed it and I just stared at it in disbelief for twenty minutes. During the day I walked around, and I’d keep coming back to see if it was still there. It was. I couldn’t contain myself. Nothing I ever do again will mean as much.”
Oct. 25, 1994 two papers are released - one was Wiles’ 109 page proof of FLT.