"He was not a very careful person as a mathematician. He made a lot of mistakes. But he made mistakes in a good direction. I tried to imitate him. But I've real

"He was not a very careful person as a mathematician. He made a lot of mistakes. But he made mistakes in a good direction. I tried to imitate him. But I've realized that it's very difficult to make good mistakes." - Goro Shimura's profound description of how Yutaka Taniyama approached mathematics. I never understood the amount of creativity and ingenuity that goes into good math until I learned some number theory and abstract algebra back in my college days, and read about the many math greats throughout history. Thanks for the link to the documentary. This was well worth the time.