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Re:Goro Shimura has died by ColinWright on Saturday May 04, 2019 @06:39PM (#19829842)
For those who don't recognise the name, Gorō Shimura was a Japanese mathematician. He is the "Shimura" in the Taniyama–Shimura conjecture, which was what ultimately led to Wiles' proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.
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Re:Goro Shimura has died by OneWordSoln on Saturday May 04, 2019 @11:28PM (#19830945)
The excellent Horizon documentary, "Fermat's Last Theorem", about Wiles' proof has some great interview footage with Shimura where he even discusses his sadness and being perplexed at Taniyama's sudden suicide.

When asked about Wiles' proof proving their conjecture, he quips with a sly grin: "Well, my first reaction was, 'I told you so.'"

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