From Fermat to Wiles: Fermat's Last Theorem Becomes a Theorem

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 31 Mar 2000Embargo end date: 01 Jan 2000Publisher:European Mathematical Society - EMS - Publishing House GmbHJournal:Elemente der Mathematik, volume 55, pages 19-37 (issn: 0013-6018, eissn: 1420-8962,

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Authors: Kleiner, Israel;

doi: 10.1007/pl00000079 , 10.5169/seals-5627

From Fermat to Wiles: Fermat's Last Theorem Becomes a Theorem

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The author provides an excellent survey on the most important contributions to Fermat's Last Theorem from its proposal to its proof by \textit{A. Wiles} and \textit{R. Taylor} and Wiles in their celebrated papers [see Zbl 0823.11029 and Zbl 0823.11030]. Especially for the last 15 years until its solution a very lively presentation is given. Although there do already exist quite a number of surveys on Fermat's problem, reading of this article is highly recommended.

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Elliptic curves over global fields, History of number theory, Higher degree equations; Fermat's equation

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