Pure mathematicians just love to try unsolved problems - they love a challenge.

Then when I reached college, I realized that many people had thought about the problem during the 18th and 19th centuries and so I studied those methods.

However impenetrable it seems, if you don't try it, then you can never do it.

Pure mathematicians just love to try unsolved problems - they love a challenge.

I know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it's more rewarding than anything I can imagine.

I had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream.

That particular odyssey is now over. My mind is now at rest.