WHO WAS PROFESSOR CHIKE OBI?

He died exactly today (14 years ago) on 13th of March 2008 at the age of 86.

He was a hardcore believer in Biafra and fought on the side of Biafra during the war.

He was an Igbo (Anambra) professor of mathematics. He was also a politician.

He was the first black African professor of mathematics.

He won the Sigvard Eklund Prize in 1985 for his work on nonlinear ordinary differential equations.

He studied at both the University of London, UK and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. USA.

He lectured at the University of Ibadan and the University of Lagos.

He left Lagos to return to his root in the city of Onitsha, establishing the Nanna Institute for Scientific Studies.

In 1997, Obi became the third person to solve Fermat’s Last Theorem after Andrew Wiles and Richard Taylor in 1994. He also found an elementary proof to Fermat’s Last Theorem. This work was carried out at his Nanna Institute for Scientific Studies in Onitsha.

He had 4 children.
WHO WAS PROFESSOR CHIKE OBI? He died exactly today (14 years ago) on 13th of March 2008 at the age of 86. He was a hardcore believer in Biafra and fought on the side of Biafra during the war. He was an Igbo (Anambra) professor of mathematics. He was also a politician. He was the first black African professor of mathematics. He won the Sigvard Eklund Prize in 1985 for his work on nonlinear ordinary differential equations. He studied at both the University of London, UK and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. USA. He lectured at the University of Ibadan and the University of Lagos. He left Lagos to return to his root in the city of Onitsha, establishing the Nanna Institute for Scientific Studies. In 1997, Obi became the third person to solve Fermat’s Last Theorem after Andrew Wiles and Richard Taylor in 1994. He also found an elementary proof to Fermat’s Last Theorem. This work was carried out at his Nanna Institute for Scientific Studies in Onitsha. He had 4 children.
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