AmfoesSat, Oct 10, 2009 Thanks to you, Spaceweaver, this is indeed another lesson that can be taken from that illuminating work of Smith.
This elegant formula reminds me of Andrew Wiles - the british mathematician who proved Fermat's last theorem. In the documentary movie that tells the story behind the proof, Wiles mentions that he fell in love with this question (Fermat's last theorem) at the age of 10 and decided to devote his time and energy to solve this question. Final product of this process stimulated by devotion and commitment when combined with intelligence is an evident success. I am always truly inspired by Wiles' commitment on such a challenging problem.
Thanks to you, Spaceweaver, this is indeed another lesson that can be taken from that illuminating work of Smith.
This elegant formula reminds me of Andrew Wiles - the british mathematician who proved Fermat's last theorem. In the documentary movie that tells the story behind the proof, Wiles mentions that he fell in love with this question (Fermat's last theorem) at the age of 10 and decided to devote his time and energy to solve this question. Final product of this process stimulated by devotion and commitment when combined with intelligence is an evident success. I am always truly inspired by Wiles' commitment on such a challenging problem.