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This is the story of one man's obsession with the world's greatest mathematical problem.
這個故事是關于一個人對于世界上最大數學難題的沉迷
For seven years Professor ANDREW WILES worked in complete secrecy, creating the calculation of the century.
七年來，安德魯·懷爾斯教授一直進行著不為人知的研究，創造出了世紀計算式。
It was a calculation which brought him fame, and regret.
正是這個計算給他帶來了名譽以及遺憾。
So I came to this.I was a 10-year-old and one day I happened to be looking in my local public library
是這么回事，我十歲的一天正好在當地公共圖書館逛。
and I found a book on math and it told a bit about the history of this problem,
發現了一本數學方面的書，講了一些關于這個難題的歷史。
that someone had resolved this problem 300 years ago, but no-one had ever seen the proof,
有人于300年前解決了這個難題，但還沒有人看到過這證明。
no one have ever seen a prove, and people ever since have looked for the proof
沒人知道確有個證明存在，人們自那時起就一直在尋找證明，
and here was a problem that I, a 10-year-old, could understand,
這兒有個十歲的我能夠理解的問題
but none of the great mathematicians in the past had been able to resolve,
而還沒有一位之前的偉大數學家得以將其解決
and from that moment of course I just tried to solve it myself.
自那時起，我自然而然地嘗試要自己解決它。
It was such a challenge, such a beautiful problem.
那是如此具挑戰性、如此美麗的難題。
This problem was Fermat's last theorem.
這個難題就是費馬最后定理。
