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"Fermat said he had a proof."
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"The only way I could relax was when I was with my children."
Children

"Mathematicians aren't satisfied because they know there are no solutions up to four million or four billion, they really want to know that there are no solutions up to infinity."
Infinity

"That particular odyssey is now over. My mind is now at rest."
Mind

"The definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it generates rather than the problem itself."
Mathematics

"I grew up in Cambridge in England, and my love of mathematics dates from those early childhood days."
Love

"Just because we can't find a solution it doesn't mean that there isn't one."
Solution

"Fermat said he had a proof."
Proof

"I really believed that I was on the right track, but that did not mean that I would necessarily reach my goal."
Goal

"I loved doing problems in school."
Problems
