Prove the theorem 400 years old, Oxford professor received $ 700,000

A professor at Oxford University, England, received a prize of $ 700,000 for successfully demonstrating the last theorem of Ferrmat, the equation that eroded the minds of many famous mathematicians for nearly four decades.

Telegraph reported yesterday, 62-year-old Sir Andrew Wiles was awarded the Abel Prize by the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Literature thanks to his work proving Fermat's last Theorem published in 1994. Wiles will receive awards and plates. The check is worth 700,000 USD from Crown Prince Norway Haakon in Oslo in May.

Professor Andrew Wiles next to Fermat's last Theorem.(Photo: AP).

"Receiving the Abel Prize is a tremendous honor for me to be able to stand in line with scholars who have previously made outstanding contributions in the field. Fermat's equation becomes the passion of I have been young since then and proving it gives me a sense of accomplishment , ' said Wiles, a professor at Oxford University's Mathematical Institute.

The mathematician from Cambridge achieved groundbreaking achievements in 1994 while working at Princeton. Wiles successfully demonstrated the theorem by using modular and elliptic curves. The last theorem of Ferrmat, introduced by French mathematician Pierre de Fermat in 1637. This famous theorem states that there is no other integer solution x, y and z satisfying the equation xn + yn = zn in where n is an integer greater than 2.

According to the announcement of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Literature, Andrew Wiles is one of the few mathematicians whose proof of theorem draws the attention of the international community, making a historic moment of mathematics.

The Abel Prize was born in 2002, named after the Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel, awarded annually by the Norwegian king to prominent mathematicians around the world.