<sod>The error would not have rendered his work worthless – each part of Wiles' work was highly significant and innovative by itself, as were the many developments and techniques he had created in the course of his work, and only one part was affected.<ref name="Singh" />{{rp|289, 296–297}} However without this part proven, there was no actual proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. Wiles spent almost a year trying to repair his proof, initially by himself and then in collaboration with [[Richard Taylor (mathematician)|Richard Taylor]], without success.<ref>Singh, pp. 269–274.</ref><eod>
<sod>The error would not have rendered his work worthless – each part of Wiles's work was highly significant and innovative by itself, as were the many developments and techniques he had created in the course of his work, and only one part was affected.<ref name="Singh" />{{rp|289, 296–297}} However without this part proven, there was no actual proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. Wiles spent almost a year trying to repair his proof, initially by himself and then in collaboration with [[Richard Taylor (mathematician)|Richard Taylor]], without success.<ref>Singh, pp. 269–274.</ref><eod>