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Invitation to the Mathematics of Fermat-Wiles (Hardback)
Invitation to the Mathematics of Fermat-Wiles (Hardback)
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VERY GOOD: This book is free of writing and was printed on acid-free paper. It shows only slight signs of use and wear.Product Details
Continued from the back cover: "Invitation to the Mathematics of Fermat-Wiles collects and expounds diverse mathematical developments that helped lay the foundations for Wiles' proof."This book is a translation from the second edition of the French version.
"Key Features:
- Rigorously presents concepts required to get a grasp of Wiles' proof, assuming only modest undergraduate level math.
- Sets the math in its historical context.
- Contains several themes suitable for development by students as an introduction to personal research as well as numerous exercises and problems.
- Written by Yves Hellegouarch, who himself made an important contribution to the proof of Fermat's last theorem.
Chapters
- Paths
- Elliptic functions
- Numbers and Groups
- Elliptic curves
- Modular forms
- New paradigms, new enigmas
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PUBLISHER: Academic Press
ISBN-13: 9780123392510
ISBN-10: 0123392519