“I carried this problem around in my head basically the whole time. I would wake up with it first thing in the morning, I would be thinking about it all day, and I would be thinking about it when I went to sleep. Without distraction I would have the same thing going round and round in my mind.
(Recalling the degree of focus and determination that eventually yielded the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.)”
―
(Recalling the degree of focus and determination that eventually yielded the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.)”
―
“Some mathematics problems look simple, and you try them for a year or so, and then you try them for a hundred years, and it turns out that they're extremely hard to solve. There's no reason why these problems shouldn't be easy, and yet they turn out to be extremely intricate. [Fermat's] Last Theorem is the most beautiful example of this.”
―
―
Alshorman’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alshorman’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Polls voted on by Alshorman
Lists liked by Alshorman






