Shimura, on being informed Wiles had proven the Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture: "I told you so."
Goro Shimura did not prove Fermat’s Last Theorem. But without his work, the theorem might still be a conjecture.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/obituaries/goro-shimura-dead.html …
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That's from the BBC documentary. I watched that and couldn't figure out with confidence what Shimura meant since we don't hear the interviewer asking the question or following up.
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"He wrote almost all of his mathematical papers alone. Dr. Sarnak of Princeton recalled visiting Dr. Shimura's house and seeing two desks in his office".
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World lost a good Mathematician & let soul rest in peace.
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"Dr. Shimura later expanded his work, and mathematicians now routinely talk about “Shimura varieties,” a fundamental concept in that area of mathematics".
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I have read Fermat's Last Theorem in 2000, a book i was given by a math professor while i was in a New Year's Eve trip with family and friends in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. It's a fascinating book. Met 2 beautiful brunet sisters too!!! My old first surf bord was with me then!!!
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RIP..Mr. Shimura .
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Blessing
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