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Philanthropy could cause scientific breakthroughs

By Hicbd
Mon Jan 31 2022 2:26 pm

"Now, a wealthy Texas philanthropist is recounting how his financial support created a community of Fermat innovators that, over decades, lent moral and mathematical support to Dr. Wiles. That patronage drew top mathematicians to the puzzle after great minds had given up, succeeded in bringing the moribund field back to life, and may have helped make Dr. Wiles’s breakthrough possible."

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/science/james-vaughn-fermat-theorem.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/science/fermat-elliptic-curves-encryption.html

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Research Philanthropy Mathematics Medical / Health Research Science

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