A report on Wiles’ Cambridge lectures

Rubin, K.; Silverberg, A.

doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-1994-00512-9

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A report on Wiles' Cambridge lectures

Authors: K. Rubin and A. Silverberg
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 31 (1994), 15-38
MSC: Primary 11F80; Secondary 11D41, 11G05
MathSciNet review: 1256978
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Abstract: In lectures at the Newton Institute in June of 1993, Andrew Wiles announced a proof of a large part of the Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture and, as a consequence, Fermat's Last Theorem. This report for nonexperts discusses the mathematics involved in Wiles' lectures, including the necessary background and the mathematical history.

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