Fermat's Last Theorem: Abelian and Non-Abelian Approaches
Regius Professor of Mathematics & Abel Laureate, University of Oxford
53:11·2020·graduate level·Public Colloquium
Sir Andrew Wiles traces three centuries of number-theoretic attacks on Fermat's equation, from Kummer's cyclotomic ideals to elliptic curves and Galois representations.
The successful approach to solving Fermat's problem reflects a move in number theory from abelian to non-abelian arithmetic.
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