A REPORT ON WILE CAMBRIDGE LECTURES

Authors
RUBIN K SILVERBERG A
Citation
K. Rubin et A. Silverberg, A REPORT ON WILE CAMBRIDGE LECTURES, Bulletin, new series, of the American Mathematical Society, 31(1), 1994, pp. 15-38
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics, General",Mathematics
Journal title
Bulletin, new series, of the American Mathematical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
02730979
Volume
31
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
15 - 38
Database
ISI
SICI code
0273-0979(1994)31:1<15:AROWCL>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
In lectures at the Newton Institute in June of 1993, Andrew Wiles anno unced a proof of a large part of the Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture and, as a consequence, Fermat's Last Theorem. This report for nonexperts di scusses the mathematics involved in Wiles' lectures, including the nec essary background and the mathematical history.