He is Andrew Wiles,the mathematician. He is 70 now. He proved Fermat's Last Theorem.
@damianc8738
3 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@wisdomminer5604
3 ай бұрын
This comment needs to be pinned. There is nothing in the title, description, or video that says who this is or what exactly he did. Thanks!
@nucle4rpenguins534
2 ай бұрын
That is so amazing, I've heard of him but never saw this clip. THAT problem in particular has 358 years of history and he derived the first proof of it in 1994 ! Of course I think he had inspiration from previous attempts, colleagues, relevant papers, etc.; which does NOT take away at all from his achievement. So cool, watching this honestly helps remind me the joy I feel in solving problems in physics research when I get bogged down in failures
@juliashearer7842
2 ай бұрын
I saw this on the TV when it was first shown. I was a child, not interested in maths but as a family we used to watch Horizon was it? I knew who he was as soon as I saw the thumbnail and even remembered the name "Fermat's last theorum". It was so moving to see his absolute joy.
@NicolasMiari
2 ай бұрын
No margin was too small for him!
@lucanina8221
4 ай бұрын
me after doing the first assignment of calculus 1:
@Dataset
4 ай бұрын
110 likes and no comments let me fix that.
@andrewj7585
4 ай бұрын
real
@antoniodariocuomo
4 ай бұрын
What are the minimum and the maximum number of likes in between comments of a channel with N subscribers and R viewers
@threeternal247
4 ай бұрын
this might be the funniest comment I've ever seen on yt
@Anonymous-8080
4 ай бұрын
@@threeternal247then you haven't seen yt enough
@Lorihian
4 ай бұрын
People like this are real celebrities.
@Lorihian
2 ай бұрын
@@thewholething430 agree, those who seek, will find the right people anyway.
@edospeaks5123
2 ай бұрын
I hope I can feel this kind of fullfillment one day
@unnamed1479
2 ай бұрын
@@thewholething430 On an absolute pedestal, sure, but it's important to recognize people like Andrew Wiles and hold them in high regard. Every person has flaws, but we can all seek to improve ourselves by studying the lives of the greats who lay before us.
@Musicienne-DAB1995
14 күн бұрын
Completely agree!
@teriyaki_chicken
10 күн бұрын
what is your definition of celebrity?
@vjm3
3 ай бұрын
Much needed context. I will try my hardest to simplify this: This story is about how one dude, Andrew Wiles (and a friend) managed to solve a proof "Fermat's Last Theorem" for x^n + y^n = z^n ; n>2 where no matter what you put in for n, the answer will NEVER EVER be whole numbers. THIS is his explanation of how he felt after he (and a friend) managed to solve this proof to PROVE that indeed any number greater than 2 for n will NEVER be a whole number. Andrew Wiles was working on a separate proof ("Taniyama-Shemura Conjecture") where through math stuff, if you prove this proof, you'll get the Fermat's Last Theorem proven as a freebee. It took Andrew 7 years working on this alone, until one day he figured it out, and published it for peer review. Thing is, Andrew made one small mistake, and was embarrassed as a result. So for another year after (now working with his friend), he managed to suddenly FIX the mistake he made, and also proving Taniyama-Shemura Conjecture! Thus through its mathematical relationship, he also proved that, indeed, Fermat's Last Theorem IS correct, and there is NO number you could put in n that'll give whole numbers as answers when n>2. With that being said: I think it's awe-inspiring what Andrew Wiles did. When you're working damn hard on something, slaving away, and it just beats you down for you to come and beat it...only for it to throw one final haymaker and knock you out...only for you to beat the count and stand up to dominate it. To me: This (romantically) taps in to something about humanity which I believe is utterly inspiring and beautiful. That we, all of us, just won't give up and despite the odds, still win. Andrew Wiles did it. He succeeded....and in a selfish way...we ALL succeed.
@sanniray
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for being the one person who actually mentioned his name
@chickey333
3 ай бұрын
So where does one take this amazing long labored proof of discovery to it's next logical step if there is any?
@markmulholland-writer4415
3 ай бұрын
Wonderful … thank you.
@vjm3
3 ай бұрын
@@chickey333 The only thing I can possibly think of is if you're searching for prime number answers, there's no point in using equations that have an exponent greater than 2? Maybe that? I'm not sure.
@chickey333
3 ай бұрын
@@vjm3 Thank You... Math was never my strong suit.
@avatar2233
4 ай бұрын
Me when after countless attempts to pull the door, I finally realize there is a sign that says "push"
@yolanda6392
4 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@TheJeffLerner
4 ай бұрын
This will be the most relatable comment for most.
@netecrivernetecassassins2945
4 ай бұрын
2:52
@whatilearnttoday5295
4 ай бұрын
Which is what he tried at first, but it was a little sticky.
@jakenaylor
4 ай бұрын
It actually goes both ways.
@StormForthcoming
4 ай бұрын
Idk who the hell this dude is but I’m so proud of him
@salim444
4 ай бұрын
probably Andrew Weils, search Fermat Last Theorem
@detectivejonesw
4 ай бұрын
@@salim444it is Andrew Wiles
@Filaxsan
4 ай бұрын
Way to go brother, that's the spirit! For real
@sqlexp
4 ай бұрын
Poor thing. I hope he got help for his anorexia.
@PorkBoy69
4 ай бұрын
@@sqlexp Shutup burger. Imagine being such a lardy lump of playdough that a relatively normal human is anorexic in your eyes. Go make your wife's fat roll's do that ocean wave machine thing
@joegrist1108
4 ай бұрын
The fact that he’s grateful for doing something great, realizing the magnitude of it, and being glad he experienced that in one’s only chance on this planet. That’s something wonderful.
@StankFernatra
4 ай бұрын
❤
@LEGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
4 ай бұрын
Lil bro thinks he is him get a life
@InfamousMax
4 ай бұрын
great minds realise how small they actually are compared to the true great powers of the universe
@calebclark5615
4 ай бұрын
Then the internet took off and everyone became smooth brains 😂
@dereenaldoambun9158
4 ай бұрын
@@calebclark5615 Lmao😂
@danielfleming5585
2 ай бұрын
The most important moment of my “working life”. A good man who knows what’s important in life.
@kABUSE1
Ай бұрын
I hope we are interpreting that equally.
@chanodyaweerasinghe8788
Ай бұрын
true
@paromita_ghosh
20 күн бұрын
What? Why are people here taking it out of context ? In a wrong way
@ibrahimtall6209
9 күн бұрын
U misunderstand. Ones work is their life at this level
@kABUSE1
9 күн бұрын
@@ibrahimtall6209 That's the question. Maybe he really got everything figured out and is still able to distinguish between work life and private life and is wise enough to phrase it that way in order to express that no matter what you achieve with your work life, you need private life achievements to feel complete.
@splintmeow4723
4 ай бұрын
Look at how fulfilled he is. So beautiful. Wish everyone could feel a sliver of that happiness.
@wungabunga
4 ай бұрын
The key word to take away from this is revelation.
@10draperful
4 ай бұрын
@@wungabunga yup. Try Eckhart Tolle's 'the power of now'. Or the bible. Or Dharma. It's all the same
@dhananjaymalhotra7854
4 ай бұрын
Solving a difficult problem (especially anything related to Mathematics and Physics) gives a different level of accomplishment and gratification. I can't express it in words but it is meditative. It feels like you have actually gained something useful out of it.
@corientewilliams
4 ай бұрын
Sliver?🤔 I wish to be overwhelmed and taken over by this feeling forever and ever
@user-yp2sc1cy1n
4 ай бұрын
Only by divine grace...
@Tigs2
4 ай бұрын
The emotion he conveys when describing his epiphany is breathtaking.
@MillionaireSmanga
4 ай бұрын
Dude should be enjoying life, but he is busy solving world hunger😂
@LEGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
4 ай бұрын
Yea they are trash
@TheShizzlemop
4 ай бұрын
he IS enjoying life, are you blind? look at the joy he openly presents.@@MillionaireSmanga
@ivoryas1696
4 ай бұрын
@@MillionaireSmanga He _was_ enjoying his life, wasn't he? And he is, as far as I can tell.
@stefanieknebel1247
4 ай бұрын
The agony experienced every other day of not knowing how to solve a problem, it is a self sacrifice. By the time a brief moment of success appears, with no one looking, is there a man left standing? Like being handed a pinch of bread after weeks starvation.
@bharasiva96
2 ай бұрын
"Out of the ashes". Beautiful. How can you not be romantic about mathematics?
@adhwitabalaji
7 күн бұрын
"how can you not be romantic about mathematics"
@G02372
4 ай бұрын
I notice that genuine geniuses speak very slowly, concisely and deliberately 👍
@HashimAziz1
23 күн бұрын
Genuine geniuses understand that genius is a spectrum and not binary, and that everyone on that spectrum is unlikely to behave the same - for every genius that speaks concisely and deliberately there's likely to be another that speaks quickly and passionately.
@allusionsxp2606
4 ай бұрын
I can only dream of having this kind of love for something, a passion. That is what makes life truly enjoyable and the struggle a pleasure.
@kedonsiemen
4 ай бұрын
Passion can be found underneath fear and control, I believe.
@mullet333
4 ай бұрын
@@kedonsiemenbeautifully said
@yetanotherrandomyoutubecha4382
4 ай бұрын
@@kedonsiemen I don't even know what that's supposed to mean
@ungarlinski7965
4 ай бұрын
And it's what protects your virginity.
@kedonsiemen
4 ай бұрын
I have found out that the less I control myself, for example based on external expectations, and the less I fear of revealing who I truly am to myself and others, the more I am connected to the whole that is me and what it needs/wants, and by following this path you'll get passion and excitement (for example procrastination for me is simply that you don't want to do something). I'm hesistant to advocate any philosophy as truth, because people, me included, are often misguided, but since you asked, this is how I feel at the moment@@yetanotherrandomyoutubecha4382
@jamesticknor1134
4 ай бұрын
What makes me smile is how this was filmed in multiple locations, but he keeps the same level of joy when talking about this.
@Kingx90
4 ай бұрын
Great observation
@Loquacious_Jackson
3 ай бұрын
Hmmmm, seems cringe 🤔
@bmwlux8706
3 ай бұрын
Where are your 9 years of work, rather than your probable 9 second attention span@@Loquacious_Jackson
@chimpswithkicks
3 ай бұрын
@@Loquacious_Jacksonok jefferson
@wandererx86
3 ай бұрын
@@Loquacious_Jackson maybe you just couldn't imagine yourself with such a mindset, it makes you uncomfortable.
@brandonpeniuk
4 ай бұрын
To be honest, this is how I felt when I got my high school diploma this year at age 41. Brilliantly said! I know my feat is not as impressive; i do feel content. I received a 1000.00 scholarship from it. Thank you for uploading this. It meant the world to me.
@johnnopeyy4129
4 ай бұрын
Better late than never. 🤷
@shangwenger7982
4 ай бұрын
Congratulations!
@oioisweetheart3500
4 ай бұрын
Have any plans on getting a PhD ?
@brandonpeniuk
4 ай бұрын
@@oioisweetheart3500 On course.
@carinakaron8068
4 ай бұрын
Warmest congratulations, so well done✨️👏✨️
@craffte
4 ай бұрын
I love how humble he appears. The passion he exhibits reminds me of my relationship with my art. I was once an artist. Very rare indeed to realize your dreams. This was quite beautiful, thank you.
@kimmieutsunomiya1457
4 ай бұрын
I love that about him too. It’s like he’s trying to contain his happiness or perhaps, he can’t quite put it into words.
@ClashOfClans252
4 ай бұрын
So many intelligent people are incredibly humble and peaceful. The must not make up for lack of intelligence with being obnoxious and loud.
@thegoddamnbatman1047
4 ай бұрын
Why'd you stop?
@snape0001
Ай бұрын
An artist is always an artist. Cheers
@mapleext
Ай бұрын
That’s what I was also thinking
@Draxis32
4 ай бұрын
This man solved, with indescribable geniality, a process that was long thought to have no proof. Which is Fermat's Last Theorem. So many mathematicians who previously worked on it discouraged this man's work, but he was unshaken by this. It is hard to see a MATHEMATICIAN, of all people, getting emotional as he remembers it. The paper he published had errors that were challenged upon, but nevertheless he changed it and the answer still lied in Truth. Like Fermat or Gauss, he became one of the greatest mathematicians to have ever lived. And he still works to this day.
@aqeel6842
4 ай бұрын
I think you mean 'genius' 'geniality' means friendliness
@smokingsnowman7838
4 ай бұрын
The comparison with fermat and gauss is a little bit too much. Especially with Gauss we are talking about a man that had the basics for non euclidean geometry in his drawer but found it not worth publishing and lets not start talking about what he all did
@omg9261
4 ай бұрын
Are you from a Slavic country?
@SahilP2648
4 ай бұрын
@@smokingsnowman7838 everyone pales in comparison to Euler who wrote half of all equations that exist (metaphorically of course, but his contribution is on that level). He even contributed similarly in other fields.
@mdbahrozbaburali
4 ай бұрын
As much as I admire Andrew Wiles (my interest is in the same topic he primarily used to solve Fermat's Last Theorem), comparing him with Johann Carl Friedrich Gauß is overrating him. Gauß is like the ultimate mathematician who has one of the best mathematical tuition, rigour, proficiency etc. Edit : Gauß settled a 2000 years old question and that's not even his best work!!
@2Sor2Fig
4 ай бұрын
I love this man's desk organization. Truly awesome achievement (solving Fermat's Theorem... Not the desk).
@findjonmoses
4 ай бұрын
I think organising his desk will be a harder problem to solve than Fermats Last Theorem 😊
@holliswilliams8426
4 ай бұрын
I think this is pretty typical of the desk of a math professor
@eagle-eye29
4 ай бұрын
My dad was a math wizard. His mind lived in a realm beyond the mundane too. Understandable.
@kylegusek
4 ай бұрын
I bet his computer's desktop is organized tho
@boldCactuslad
4 ай бұрын
for the next 600 years, algebraic topologists would struggle to find the solution to the tangle of papers and notes. one day, a genius mathematician by the name of Windrew Ailes had an incredible breakthrough and proved that the mess was indeed physically possible in 3D space.
@elizabethbrauer1118
4 ай бұрын
I almost teared up when Wiles described his solving of the proof. When the "LIGHT" goes off in our heads, and we arrive at an answer or solution, we sometimes forget to acknowledge them properly. So glad he was captured on film for the world to see him recount his moment of success.
@caito5919
4 ай бұрын
how did you get a rainbow goat emoji at the end of your comment?
@JimBobe
4 ай бұрын
Bro what is that emoji? 😭😂
@thecrusader1095
3 ай бұрын
Why’s there a blue dragon at the end
@fintonstack1608
4 ай бұрын
This is from a BBC documentary, and I can tell you as a former BBC employee this piece is highly thought of within the Corporation, in terms of the story itself, and the film’s format/execution. It’s a beautiful and moving film, from Horizon circa 1995, initially tx’d on BBC2 I believe. It’s marvelous.
at 3:16 it looks like he couldve been bodily gigachad too lol, would be a shame if those genes were replaced or dirtied by ape genes...
@holliswilliams8426
4 ай бұрын
please never refer to a number theorist as a ''gigachad'' ever again
@LucBoeren
4 ай бұрын
@@holliswilliams8426 oh you're so elitist
@ahnadiri
4 ай бұрын
@@holliswilliams8426 but it's true. wiles is HIM
@FerdiSchwarz
4 ай бұрын
@@holliswilliams8426 I think it's Gen Z speak for legend, so apt here (and rather amusing).
@cihant5438
4 ай бұрын
When this music starts playing, you know a breakthrough will be coming on the problem you are working on.
@cscs9192
4 ай бұрын
Thanks... That explain why I never have breakthrough on my problem I work on.
@theconstructortheorist3554
4 ай бұрын
@@cscs9192Because you had never listened to this song before?
@StuermischeTage
4 ай бұрын
@@cscs9192 The secret lies in turning on music in the background xD
@johncruser9853
4 ай бұрын
You should play Bach always when working on anything of importance.
@cihant5438
4 ай бұрын
Listening to Bach is a full-time job. I would not put that in the background.@@johncruser9853
@baselhills865
3 ай бұрын
Chasing his dream. Beautiful wife to boot. He's living the life.
@theodoornap9283
4 ай бұрын
I've heard of Andrew Wiles before but never heard him describe the feeling of his own epiphany. What an incredible moment and what an incredible achievement
@9nikolov
4 ай бұрын
"I loved every minute of it, however hard it had been" - this is what it is all about, it took me almost 23 years to realize it.
@prettyboishah2898
4 ай бұрын
What do you mean it took you 23 years?
@RandomPerson28337
3 ай бұрын
The secret and meaning of life
@relrond6111
3 ай бұрын
The magic you're seeking is in the work you're avoiding
@andrewmurray3139
3 ай бұрын
@@relrond6111’The magic you are seeking is in the work you are avoiding’. Profound, at 66, I wish I had been told this when young!
@andrewmurray3139
3 ай бұрын
@@RandomPerson28337so it is, without challenge, life can be mundane!
@emiliomartineziii2980
4 ай бұрын
I’m so glad people like him exist. Without people like him, technology would not exist
@guenthersteiner3311
4 ай бұрын
OMG where would we be without technology? I think we would survive like we always have.
@raymondturner3952
4 ай бұрын
Technology is going too far. In the next 100 years it will completely destroy human creativity.
@LPTV84
4 ай бұрын
Not just technology, friend, but sheer thinking. Free thinking. The desire to understand and grow and develop and to be in love with education ... to know that knowledge fueled by love and passion ... it's us being closer to the divine and in tune to the natural. Fantastic.
@hellomoto2084
4 ай бұрын
Not everyone likes to go monke mate , also old people also used tech , as mundane as a pulley to drough out water from a well without getting inside@@guenthersteiner3311
@thelibertine706
4 ай бұрын
@@guenthersteiner3311 says you commenting from you phone 😂😂😂
@user-uj8og9cm9d
2 ай бұрын
The 'nearest available surface' method of filing is a sure sign of genius.
@GLASSB182
2 ай бұрын
I hope his wife hugged and kissed him after hearing his big news, this dude definitely looks like he needed just that simple "I'm proud of you" moment.
@wrednax8594
4 ай бұрын
"I liked it. I was good at it. I was...alive"
@lukabarisic7080
4 ай бұрын
Elliott's Revenge.
@ashi2576
4 ай бұрын
changed my life fr
@EternalShadow1667
4 ай бұрын
Breaking Math.
@enzofranco4634
4 ай бұрын
@@EternalShadow1667Sir your humour is so simple and so elegant that i just laughed in disbelief for twenty minutes.
@Dan-pm8xv
4 ай бұрын
Probably the feeling I will never know.
@jimsimpson1006
2 жыл бұрын
Andrew Wiles. What a great mathematician and a towering achievement.
@jackcarpenters3759
4 ай бұрын
i am not sure if i would hire him, someone who takes 7 years to solve a problem is usually a politician.
@davidfarah
4 ай бұрын
@@jackcarpenters3759 Are you being sarcastic?
@adastd6812
4 ай бұрын
@@jackcarpenters3759It was a centuries old problem
@niks660097
4 ай бұрын
@@jackcarpenters3759 who tf are you to hire a mathematician!?
@mikopiko
4 ай бұрын
towering achievement, such a good word
@nohabloemojislosiento4930
4 ай бұрын
Reading the explanations in the comments makes me wish I had a mathematicians brain because I have no clue why all this man’s hard work that he must have spent years on even remotely matters. I assume some of you understand why it matters, but there very well may be no amount of explanation that will ever make me understand the point of this. But I love his pride in…. whatever it is he accomplished. May you all feel that sense of pride in something you are passionate about.
@z1dforever360
4 ай бұрын
same
@cpolicari
4 ай бұрын
Explorers find new places no person has ever seen before, despite the fact that the place has always existed. This is the same thing, except that new place has always existed in the human mind.
@frogaroach
4 ай бұрын
So I felt the same way so I did a little independent research and this is what I more or less understand: He proved some century old theorem which doesn't have a ton of practical uses or applications, but the way in which he proved/solved/did it created new tools for mathematicians to use in other fields like coding and cryptography and stuff. Im not sure about all this is 100% cuz i didnt really understand it a ton either, but thats my takeaway.
@danielbooth5035
4 ай бұрын
No one has a "mathematical brain". If you want to understand mathematics, study and practice doing so consistently.
@kimmieutsunomiya1457
4 ай бұрын
This is Andrew Wiles! He solved Fermat’s Last Theorem! It’s kind of like the Pythagorean Theorem in that the square of the two sides is equal to the square of the hypotenuse so a^2 + b^2 = c^2. Fermat’s Last Theorem posits that if you try to use powers higher than 2, there are no whole numbers that you can use as a, b, and c, that could make the equation true. But nobody could find a proof for this. Andrew Wiles found a proof for it in 1994, after 300 years of the Theorem being left unsolved. I absolutely would love to talk to him about exactly how he solved it and hear it in his own words. What he did was so groundbreaking and showed the true extent of human ingenuity and dedication. Nobody thought this problem had a proof and it took 300 years for it to come to light. I was emotional watching this video because I could clearly feel how much it meant to him because you don’t usually see mathematicians being this emotional or talkative unless they’re a teacher 🥺 You don’t have to be a mathematician to understand his joy; I was always good at math, but I really hated it and much preferred art since it was something I loved and was drawn to. Mathematics to me always felt so robotic and devoid of emotion and expression. It also didn’t help that the person who traumatized me was a math teacher. It’s things like this that made me continue with math and led me to start liking it. I felt like I could solve problems for myself and not for others, and it’s not as depressing as I once thought. I started my course and I realised that I actually like to solve math problems, it’s fun. I have a whiteboard in my room now and I just write equations to solve for fun 😊 it’s not about having a mathematical brain, it’s about staying curious and dedicated and always open to new ideas. That will help you better absorb abstract ideas and work through math problems; most of it is strategy
@complex_variation
Ай бұрын
I'm proud to be called a human. A fellow from his same species.
@sw6118
4 ай бұрын
I liked that he said it was the most important moment of my WORKING life. Separating working life from your life are so important.
@knowthycell
4 ай бұрын
He’s married and he’s not stupid
@ienjoyapples
3 ай бұрын
He just said that so his wife wouldn't bitch at him.
@prestigek1ngs
3 ай бұрын
@@knowthycellwas about to say, the wife was in the room
@viktor1845
2 ай бұрын
he is not separating. It what you want to see. Work is all his life
@NF12222
2 ай бұрын
Oh stop, you really think this guy wasn't thinking about math outside of literal work hours? lmao
@ChrisBreemer
4 ай бұрын
A brilliant mind as well as a nice and humble person. I love how he is visibly moved when recalling the moment supreme. Great video, thanks.
@annulrsolformrkelse4023
4 ай бұрын
Surprising to see you here instead of piano music. I've always enjoyed your recordings! Are you also interested in mathematics?
@ChrisBreemer
4 ай бұрын
@@annulrsolformrkelse4023 Thanks ! That's good to hear, and nice to meet a fellow piano lover out here. I'm interested in lots of things, in fact I studied maths in a previous life. But having completed this I went into software programming and have never used any maths since. It remains a special interest though.
@nostarswithoutdarkness
3 ай бұрын
Year 48 of semen retention be like...
@Lordassclapper
3 ай бұрын
😂
@Puleczech
4 ай бұрын
He brought another proof for the rest of us. That hard and persistent work on something you love can be one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.
@Jordan-rb28
4 ай бұрын
"I just stared in disbelief for 20 minutes" been there, with my mouth wide open at how surprising and amazing something had been, love hearing about this.
@10draperful
4 ай бұрын
What was it you had been staring at?
@cedarave3168
4 ай бұрын
@@10draperfulporn
@saldana7395
4 ай бұрын
@@10draperfulLol
@UndeadFleshgod
4 ай бұрын
your mother had the same reaction
@bobbob-gg4eo
4 ай бұрын
Don't get discouraged. Sometimes it takes a long time to achieve your goals
@youknowwhatlol6628
4 ай бұрын
Indeed,my friend...indeed....
@danielkun1988
4 ай бұрын
😂😂 sometimes 300 years 😢
@PocketRocket_
4 ай бұрын
Incredibly insightful comment, I’ve never encountered such a profound pearl of wisdom before.
@PavanKumar-ft5hi
4 ай бұрын
It takes hundreds of years for someone with my brain to achieve what I'm trying to achieve.
@clankb2o5
4 ай бұрын
I will probably never experience this myself, but he tells his story with so much gratitude and vulnerability that it's vicariously satisfying. It also makes me love human nature more.
@timoac9965
4 ай бұрын
I wish , that sometime somewhere in my life I can feel something like this, too. Incredible. So happy for him
@user-ki6lc6zr4g
4 ай бұрын
As a learner of English I managed to understand everything this guy told. Although it wasn't hard for me now, it took many years and a lot of effort to achieve my current level. So I feel a bit like this renowned mathematician.
@ethanmaxwell2235
4 ай бұрын
congrats. learning a language aint easy
@veronica_._._._
4 ай бұрын
Ah the spelling! The hardest part ...
@varisleek3360
4 ай бұрын
That's awesome!
@Smittenhamster
4 ай бұрын
As someone who currently studies Korean, I can relate 😂
@rush8280
4 ай бұрын
Congratulations! English is a really hard language to learn and any milestone on a language-learning journey is worth celebrating 🎉
@DrAlexVasquezICHNFM
4 ай бұрын
This is why we teach. This is why we study. This is why we never stop.
@professorx3060
4 ай бұрын
Only for little Timmy to say to his 3rd grade teacher: "math sucks, we won't need this to buy groceries" As if buying groceries would be the most intellectual thing he'd be doing.
@zvnpek_
4 ай бұрын
@professorx3060 Bruh, fronting an imaginary 3rd grader for something years of political ignorance brought us.
@professorx3060
4 ай бұрын
@@zvnpek_ Little Timmy is responsible for it all
@rasnauf
4 ай бұрын
Careful. Don't let your passion be exploited by an uncaring institution.
@frozenrats
4 ай бұрын
@@rasnaufI'm a student, and I care about this. Professors do as well. Institutions are made up of people. Academic institutions aren’t like how they’re shown on TV and politicized. STEM fields are fascinating and have lots of support. They’re what pushes the human race further and further.
@fatinfromonline
4 ай бұрын
this is so pure. its proof that we should continue doing what we we're doing even if it seems impossible
@ranxalter2550
4 ай бұрын
I love how emotional he is at mathematics I truly love people who are experts in a discipline and it’s what keeps them going :)
@dariofacchini851
4 ай бұрын
1:46 The guy is crazy: right after he worked for years in secret and discovered a solution to a 300 years problem, the first thing he does is "a walk outside", risking to be run over by a car or stumble and hit his head. Imagine, he could have fallen from the chair while being in disbelief for those 20 minutes, and die. I mean, the guts.
@TeExorcizoConHardTecno
4 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@NYN_000
4 ай бұрын
Exactly😂 I will not even go to toilet after winning $100 lottery😂
@Sadnessiuseless
4 ай бұрын
Interesting to think about it this way.
@punstress
4 ай бұрын
I kept thinking, "I hope he wrote it down! If it were me, I would have forgotten it."
@Evan490BC
4 ай бұрын
He probably went for a walk in University Parks, just behind the then Oxford Mathematics Institute. You just have to cross one road, with low traffic, that's it.
@LuisGarcia1992_
4 ай бұрын
There is a most excellent book by Simon Singh, titled "Fermat's Last Theorem" which explains in understandable terms the story of Andrew Wiles' proof.
@Tendomcgoobin
4 ай бұрын
One of the best books I've read. His book on cryptography (The Code Book) is excellent as well.
@jean-francoisbrunet2031
4 ай бұрын
Really understandable? Even for someone who did not do maths beyond high school? That would be a rare find, in my experience.
@mikeearls126
4 ай бұрын
HA!! I'm not sure it's the same book but I bought one also called Fermat's Last Theorem and it made zero sense to me but damn it looked like a lot of work to get there.
@eagle-eye29
4 ай бұрын
I just bought the ibook version. Wish me luck!
@notthatgerry
4 ай бұрын
I read that book when I was in highschool, It inspired me to study physics, however, I was not the genius I thought I was, nonetheless, it is such a rewarding career.
@user-dn9nw5oe9b
4 ай бұрын
The satisfaction of solving a 300 year old problem. Imagine how Euler and Gauss must have felt. They have experienced this so many times in their lives. It probably became an addiction to have the feeling again and again. If I remember correctly Gauss solved a problem that no one could solve for over 2000 years, at the age of 17.
@poornasai6985
2 ай бұрын
Which problem was that?
@asmaier78
2 ай бұрын
@@poornasai6985 "No progress on the unsolved problems was made for two millennia, until in 1796 Gauss showed that a regular polygon with 17 sides could be constructed" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straightedge_and_compass_construction
@Descart-lw1nu
2 күн бұрын
@@poornasai6985 This Lad found a proof of "Fermat's Last Theorem" ,he published his work in 1993 .
@nevenasterikova3335
4 ай бұрын
Look at him while he talks about the revelation. He just sits there, unable to say anything, about to cry. And I have the immense feeling that he is about to cry of the beauty he has revealed, not because he has what would standartly described as "success". What a beautiful soul he must be.
@xjuhox
4 ай бұрын
What *Andrew Wiles* did was that he proved the modularity theorem for semistable elliptic curves, which was already known to be enough to imply Fermat's Last Theorem. That is, like *Isaac Newton* famously said: "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
@gatztopher
4 ай бұрын
Worth noting that elliptic curves power modern encryption, so the math this guy worked with wasn't just abstract theorems, but is actually embedded in virtually every software-running device in the world, also cryptocurrency
@super2thesam
4 ай бұрын
You had me at “cryptocurrency”
@cade2770
4 ай бұрын
@@gatztopher Well, elliptic curves over Q is not related to how elliptic curve cryptography works (unless you're discussing cryptanalysis).
@Yashhh02
4 ай бұрын
Idk why and how this was suggested to me. But I'm an ungrad student and have a really really important exam on 30th January. And i was exactly struggling in maths so much. I am thinking to re learn everything and try to score as much as I can. This man is really an inspiration for me. No matter how hard it might get. I wanna do it because I love maths, i love every bit of it even if its hard. I just need to start again. I hope I'll be able to make it to a better engineering branch.
@mjbrooks592
4 ай бұрын
Now you have this video to come back to if you ever get discouraged again. Don’t give up! Good luck!✊🏽👍🏽
@a.vanbuuren7484
4 ай бұрын
good luck!
@pixelforg
3 ай бұрын
Hope the exam went well fam
@user-fh2rw9zh8g
20 күн бұрын
Hey how did it go
@stargazer6814
4 ай бұрын
This, accomplishing hard tasks, is what actual happiness and fulfillment is. Not parties and hedonistic garbage. I wish more people would realize this.
@khyati7733
9 күн бұрын
So true
@PhysicalEntity
4 ай бұрын
And his wife is hot on top of all that. Helluva life this man lived
@akpokemon
4 ай бұрын
well look at him at 3:16 I mean....
@PhysicalEntity
3 ай бұрын
@@akpokemon Fair enough
@alexdonger5816
4 ай бұрын
This is what I want in life, a passion project, something that always drags me back in, the constant pursuit of something greater. Beautiful.
@vinesthemonkey
3 ай бұрын
try art or programming
@MelindaGreen
4 ай бұрын
There was still what appeared to be a minor flaw, but it turned into a major one. That was when he asked for help for the first time, and together with a colleague they finally completed the proof that stood.
@luckyhazard156
4 ай бұрын
Whatever he feels reminds me of Nikola Tesla’s quote about how the thrill of seeing your creation unfold to success makes you forget everything even love. Just pure joy and I envy him for ever feeling it.
@blueberryxyz4543
4 ай бұрын
This made me tear up a little, I'm so proud of him, you can feel the passion he has for his work
@arrbtifn2556
4 ай бұрын
This man perfectly embodies the essence of the German word for passion, Leidenschaft (which literally translates to the state of suffering). What a difficult but worthwhile journey.
@denisg1208
4 ай бұрын
Ich glaube nicht, dass das Wort aus "Leid" stammt.
@arrbtifn2556
4 ай бұрын
@@denisg1208 Ich glaube, sowohl ‘Leiden’ im Deutschen als auch ‘passion’ im Englischen bezogen sich ursprünglich auf die physischen Leiden Christi am Kreuz. Es scheint jedoch eine Debatte darüber zu geben.
@LucBoeren
4 ай бұрын
@@arrbtifn2556 lmao got 'em
@kennichdendenn
4 ай бұрын
@@arrbtifn2556 das Wort gibts, soweit ich weiß, schon länger als die Bibelautoren (so sagt mein graecum, das aber auch schon wieder eine weile her ist). Der gute Gemoll (Wörterbuch) sagt dazu (verkürzt) 1. einen Eindruck erfahren... 2. Im negativen Sinne: Leiden, Leid ertragen... 3. Euphemismus für das Sterben 4. Im positiven Sinne: erfahren, genießen
@mlg_dog420
4 ай бұрын
@@denisg1208 Etymology 17th century, from Leiden (“suffering”) + -schaft, a calque of Latin passio. Compare Dutch lijdenschap. From the Wiktionary article on the word Leidenschaft. Aso vo dem her chasch du meine was du wetsch :))
@Hellmiauz
4 ай бұрын
He solved math for us all so we don't have to deal with. Legend.
@coscanoe
4 ай бұрын
He invented the calculator
@user-uo5st2re6m
4 ай бұрын
@@coscanoewhat?
@PulkitKinra
4 ай бұрын
Well done! Don’t we all wish we can feel as proud of an achievement as this guy does.
@Smittenhamster
4 ай бұрын
He's a good reminder of why we should continue to pursue the things that we love even if life is hard sometimes. 😊
@jackwebb3757
4 ай бұрын
Look how joyful he is. On his death bed he will think of this. Beautiful.
@jaideepdahiya186
4 ай бұрын
When he stopped speaking and remembered the moment he finally cracked it. I felt it ❤
@okgoodbye8250
4 ай бұрын
As someone who has always struggled with mathematics and in turn felt like an outsider to the entire subject, I've always viewed the field and the enthusiasists who belong to it as intimidating and cold, and oftentimes almost otherwordly. Getting to see math in the context of real human moments like this is so inspiring. The creativity, diligence, dedication and passion, all manifesting into a moment that becomes truly spiritual is so beautiful. I research, experience and utilize visual art/music/human history/literature to drive my passion as a human being to learn and further enjoy my life, and to know that others pursue the same things through mathematics and science is so cool! We truly are builders, appreciators, puzzle and problem-solvers, creators and destroyers. I appreciate that someone can find love and fulfillment in life through something that just isn't really meant for me (:
@jennykay1250
4 ай бұрын
Love your comment!
@nicolaspets4975
15 күн бұрын
Its amazing he is talking about mathematics the whole time. He is a remarkable nerd
@lauterunvollkommenheit4344
4 ай бұрын
His solution has since been canonized as "Andrew's Revelation".
@cashbuyer4221
4 ай бұрын
I bet it was easier to find his answer than to find anything in that office…
@xmfcx
4 ай бұрын
☠️☠️
@divinegon4671
4 ай бұрын
The fact that he willingly keeps his office that way is revealing about his psychological profile. Typically, messy people are better at thinking “outside the box”. Their minds don’t adhere to strict rules/regulations/orderliness. You can see this manifest with his office. You could imagine his mind veering off into unique pathways that are less traveled on, thus stumbling upon his solution.
@divinegon4671
4 ай бұрын
I think it’s necessary to add to what I said above. It is his non-rule-bound psychology IN CONJUNCTION WITH his obvious high mathematical intelligence that allows him to have creative solutions that no other can think of. It’s necessary to have BOTH.
@spacetimeduality
4 ай бұрын
@@divinegon4671 I really hate this school of thought. It encourages people to be messy even if they are clean to appear more “outside the box” of a thinker than they actually are. If a person who is INNATELY messy, they are the only people who ACTUALLY think outside the box, because it is a subconscious bias a person has that he or she will do something based on something they perceive to be a pro for them. What I am getting on is, i dislike the phrase “typically, messy are better at thinking ‘outside the box’.” It gives off the wrong idea that every messy person is an innovative thinker or if a non messy person is not an innovative thinker.
@justsayin307
4 ай бұрын
@@divinegon4671idk about that, I just think the guy spent most office time trying to solve math problems rather than spending time ordering the office. That was more of a "trade off" for an ambition of his. Equally if somebody spent their time watching Netflix rather than cleaning their space I would't call them "outsode the box thinkers".
@ccsmooth55
4 ай бұрын
Not a single ounce of bravado or conceit, just pure humility. This is one of the smartest people in the world and he calls it a privilege to work on the problem. Very inspiring. Jist goes to show that no matter how smart you are...or think you are...youre going to face challenges. So if youre working on something difficult and you start to lose hope or start to doubt yourself, just look to Andrew Wiles for inspiration. Keep chipping away at that problem or goal. It may take you years...but eventually...you will succeed!
@InsaneAndroidgamer
4 ай бұрын
This is what passion actually looks like. Very rare these days. Can’t find it in me anymore either
@pb1248
4 ай бұрын
thats exactly how i felt when my theoretical design worked in practice. wow the feeling of accomplishment is profound.
@MelindaGreen
4 ай бұрын
What was your design, and what was the problem?
@pb1248
4 ай бұрын
its double inverse pendulum@@MelindaGreen
@C.Jr12
4 ай бұрын
"If you don't love it, you will fail" - Steve Jobs
@ihmesekoilua
4 ай бұрын
not only is he obviously unbelievably intelligent, but also humble, he also has an absolutely smoking hot wife. damn. this guy is the nerd of nerds.
@CJ-uf6xl
4 ай бұрын
That has to be one of the most beautiful things I've seen on KZitem. Inspirational and moving in a way that's almost understated.
@somerandomguy5977
3 ай бұрын
If math is beautiful and inspirational to you just wait til you learn the alphabet!
@redfordkobayashi6936
5 ай бұрын
What a brilliant human being
@karanmungra5630
5 ай бұрын
What an endurance and patience this man has to solve such a great problem. I also recommend the book by Simon Singh on the fermats last theorem, for a more deep view into his life and of the problem history
@kou_isthatyou
4 ай бұрын
The fact that he told his wife the first thing. my respect for your journey and love for your passion.
@Lesloi6227
4 ай бұрын
Look at that desk. I worked for a doctor who had a desk like this and he knew exactly where anything he wanted was. What a champ. What a fantastic legacy.
@andyhall7032
4 ай бұрын
This is from the BBC Documentary on Fermat's Last Theorum by Simon Singh and no matter how many times I watch this piece I find it very moving.
@edwardmclaughlin7935
4 ай бұрын
I find it uplifting to see a man give so much to his work and get the return he so desired. Great little insight into a level of thinking way beyond my own.
@ronaldlavender1137
2 ай бұрын
If you are not familiar with the background music it is from the movie A BEAUTIFUL MIND about the late American mathematician John Nash.
@thecitizenjoan
2 ай бұрын
All interviews should have this dramatic music behind it
@snape0001
Ай бұрын
Perhaps this music is from beautiful mind movie background.
@VOLightPortal
4 ай бұрын
I thought this was just one of those satire commercials from the 80s of a white collar office worker loving every minute of doing soulless paperwork
@ataraxia7439
4 ай бұрын
We’re so lucky we got to actually film him talk about it.
@cherrynado
4 ай бұрын
This is me after watching youtube physics tutorials then finally understanding the homework
@thomasipkiss8793
17 күн бұрын
I love that you used the music behind “A Beautiful Mind” for this.
@lordpickle8424
4 ай бұрын
I know the pain and anguish he went through. I felt the same after my last dump.
@climbscience4813
4 ай бұрын
What an increadibly sweet person! He definitely deserves to be as happy as he seems to be! 😊
@sandrudaniel19
4 ай бұрын
This is passion! Is so rare!!! This means to be born for something. He was born to do math at a never seen level. He is among genius legends.
@zakadams762
4 ай бұрын
this makes me cry in a nice way
@jennykay1250
4 ай бұрын
Me too
@boRegah
4 ай бұрын
Whilest watching I had no idea what exactly this was about. But it's simply beautiful to hear these moved and joyous words from this passionate dude
@marccas10
4 ай бұрын
I love these no context videos. They are like great art. You dont need to be able to understand what he knows but we see "him". I read the context after but must admit to being non the wiser or the better for it.
@bwasman8409
4 ай бұрын
Any achievement that brings you to this crescendo must be saluted! For you my friend "SALUTE!'
@TendiesMan69
4 ай бұрын
I was already beyond motivated to finish my current project, but this man added even more fuel to my fire
@microwavecoffee
4 ай бұрын
Math is so stressful. You have to put in an insane amount of hidden hours of work, and there's always a chance its all for nothing.
@kongbanana8947
4 ай бұрын
There is no wasted time. Even if it all is for "nothing" you narrowed down the amount of options and are closer to the correct one.
@microwavecoffee
4 ай бұрын
@@kongbanana8947You're right but yeah I could never do that. It takes an insane amount of dedication and patience.
@user-yo1pk4ky4k
3 ай бұрын
I feel so happy for this man. Whoever he is and whatever he did.
@Wittgenstein.
3 ай бұрын
Average programmer after they fix syntax error after 10 houts od dvbuging that was a single comma in a wrong place:
@gautamsharma3361
4 ай бұрын
Proud of the work you have done, people like you are the reason humanity continues to prosper....
@amirhosseinetemad3094
4 ай бұрын
idk this dude but hes a legend
@kattihatt
4 ай бұрын
Stop.
@bodiesinthewater
4 ай бұрын
Lmao
@theforeskinsnatcher373
4 ай бұрын
he won math
@somerandomguy5977
3 ай бұрын
Yes because legends spend their time doing useless math theorems...
@adamroy46
3 ай бұрын
@@somerandomguy5977”useless” 🤡
@johnd5619
2 ай бұрын
Im so happy for this man. Well done!
@jennykay1250
4 ай бұрын
This video made me cry! Very unexpectedly. It's really beautiful. He seems a very pure guy, to see the emotional side of this great work, it's this amazing duality of a little kid getting their dream through this very clever adult who has worked very hard to understand this complex stuff.
@gheorghev0728
4 ай бұрын
Very humble beautiful soul, God bless and thank you!
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