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Galois representations and modular forms

Author(s): Kenneth A. Ribet
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 32 (1995), 375-402.
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Abstract: In this article, I discuss material which is related to the recent proof of Fermat's Last Theorem: elliptic curves, modular forms, Galois representations and their deformations, Frey's construction, and the conjectures of Serre and of Taniyama-Shimura.

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DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1995-00616-6
PII: S 0273-0979(1995)00616-6
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