Andrew To
Andrew To
Andrew Tois a member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council, Hong Kong. Of Hakka ancestry, he is the former chairman of League of Social Democrats from 2010 to 2011, succeeding Wong Yuk-man. His wife, Jackie Hung, was a leader of Civil Human Rights Front and Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese...
love childhood england
I grew up in Cambridge in England, and my love of mathematics dates from those early childhood days.
problem hypothesis mathematician
The greatest problem for mathematicians now is probably the Riemann Hypothesis.
trying ifs seems
However impenetrable it seems, if you don't try it, then you can never do it.
use computer mathematical
I never use a computer.
mean privilege adults
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.
dark light six-months
Perhaps I could best describe my experience of doing mathematics in terms of entering a dark mansion. You go into the first room and it's dark, completely dark. You stumble around, bumping into the furniture. Gradually, you learn where each piece of furniture is. And finally, after six months or so, you find the light switch and turn it on. Suddenly, it's all illuminated and you can see exactly where you were. Then you enter the next dark room...
proof said
Fermat said he had a proof.
definitions problem mathematics
The definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it generates rather than the problem itself.
four want infinity
Mathematicians aren't satisfied because they know there are no solutions up to four million or four billion, they really want to know that there are no solutions up to infinity.
challenges trying problem
Pure mathematicians just love to try unsolved problems - they love a challenge.
dream childhood able
I had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream.
trying matter problem
Always try the problem that matters most to you.
parent sacred maintaining
A moral society will not set standards for becoming a parent, but it will establish irreducible minimums for maintaining that sacred status.
dark two fire
From the very second that two people sat together around a fire in the forest, there was another human out there who felt better in the dark.