Christopher Havens, a convicted murderer and high school dropout, taught himself advanced mathematics during a 25-year prison sentence in Washington. In solitary confinement, he immersed himself in books and soon mastered basic math. Driven by a passion for number theory, he requested more advanced texts and reached out to an Italian mathematician. To prove his abilities, he solved a complex problem that had baffled the professor. In January 2020, his groundbreaking work was published, and he la