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20世纪初叶,数学界曾出现过一道与哥德巴赫猜想一样叫人头疼的难题,就是2的67次方减1到底是不是人们猜想的质数。1903年,在纽约的一次数学学会上,英国数学家科尔登上讲坛,通过一番令人信服的运算论证,成功破解了这一难题。在热烈的掌声中,有人问科尔：“您论证这个课题前后共花费了多少时间?”科尔回答：“三年内的全部星期天。”“三年内的全部星期天”,多么振聋发聩的声音!正是“星期天”这个人人皆有的业余时间被科尔积零为整地充分利用,从而成就了一位卓越的数学家。类似科尔这样在业余时间刻苦努力,从而在历史上创造灿烂辉煌成就的人不胜枚举,比如成功研究第三种血细胞(现称血小板)的加拿大医学教育家奥斯勒、闻名遐迩的天文学家哥白尼等。
At the beginning of the 20th century, there was a problem in mathematics that was just as ridiculous as Goldbach’s conjecture. It was the 67th power of 2 minus 1, which is not the prime number of people’s guess. In 1903, at a mathematics society in New York, Coleden, a British mathematician, successfully solved the problem through a convincing argument. In a warm applause, someone asked Cole: “How much time do you have to demonstrate this topic before and after?” Kohl replied: “All sunday in three years.” “All Sunday in three years.” What a delightful sound! It was Sunday that everyone in his spare time was Corolla zero for the full use of land preparation, thus achieving a remarkable mathematician. Like Cole in his spare time hard work, thus creating brilliant achievements in history, numerous people, such as the successful study of the third blood cells (now known as platelets) Canadian medical educator Osler, the world famous astronomer Copernicus and so on.