Sir Andrew Wiles awarded Copley Medal by Royal Society
Professor Sir Andrew Wiles of Oxford University has been awarded the 2016 Abel Prize for mathematics for his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. Oxford University Professor Sir Andrew Wiles has been awarded the Copley medal, the Royal Society's oldest and most prestigious award. Already an Abel Prize winning scientist, which is the Nobel Prize of Mathematics, Professor Sir Andrew Wiles is widely known for solving the 300 year-old mystery of Fermat's Last Theorem. His latest accolade is awarded annually for outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science and alternates between the physical and biological sciences. Professor Sir Andrew Wiles, Royal Society Research Professor of Mathematics at Oxford, is one of the world's most highly regarded mathematicians. His proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in the 1990s catapulted him to unexpected international fame as both his peers and the wider world were gripped by his solving of what was widely believed to be 'impossible'. In 1637 Fermat had stated that there are no whole number solutions to the equation x n + y n = z n when n is greater than 2, unless xyz=0 .
