Andrew Wiles Scientist

Sir Andrew John Wiles, KBE, FRS (born 11 April 1953) is a British mathematician and a Royal Society Research Professor at the University of Oxford, specialising in number theory. He is most notable for proving Fermat's Last Theorem.

Personal facts

Andrew Wiles
Birth dateApril 11, 1953
Birth place
Cambridge
Nationality
United Kingdom
Education
University of Oxford
University of Cambridge
Known for
Modularity theorem
Fermat's Last Theorem
Main conjecture of Iwasawa theory

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Scientist

awards
Shaw Prize
Ostrowski Prize
King Faisal International Prize
Wolf Prize
Cole Prize
Royal Medal
Fermat Prize
doctoral advisor
doctoral student
Brian Conrad
Fred Diamond
Christopher Skinner
Field of study
Mathematics

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External resources

  1. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.477263