Reflections on Fermat's Last Theorem
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Reflections on Fermat's Last Theorem
zbMATH Open document ID: 0839.11001
author: M. Ram Murty
published in: Elemente der Mathematik
publication date: 1995-07-05T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/141571
review text: This explanatory paper is based on the Nesbitt Lecture delivered by the author in November, 1992 at Carleton University. The author mentions the \(ABC\)-Conjecture and its implications for the FLT, discusses Pythagoras' Theorem, and thence the cases \(n = 2\) and \(n = 4\) of the Last Theorem. His remarks conclude with a discussion of the possible role of elliptic curves and automorphic forms in attacking the problem, thus making it practicable to add a remark about Wiles' 1993 announcement. The reviewer would have been helped in writing his book [Notes on Fermat's last Theorem, Wiley Interscience, New York (1996)] had this clear and vivid introduction been available earlier.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11-01
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11D41
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11G05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 14G10
zbMATH DE Number: 759475
zbMATH Keywords: Fermat's last theorem
zbMATH Keywords: automorphic function
zbMATH Keywords: \(ABC\)-conjecture
zbMATH Keywords: elliptic curves
zbMATH Keywords: automorphic forms
MaRDI profile type: Publication
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 759475