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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.
"Invitation to the Mathematics of Fermat-Wiles is accessible without compromising the rigor of its mathematical exposition. It could be used as the basis for special courses on Fermat's last theorem or to provide an undergraduate or graduate level introduction to a wide range of theories (e.g. commutative algebra, field theory, representations of linear groups, algebraic geometry and functions of a complex variable). However, the book is principally aimed at the inquiring and mathematically informed reader who is intrigued by the unraveling of this fascinating puzzle."
Chapters
Paths
Elliptic functions
Numbers and Groups
Elliptic curves
Modular forms
New paradigms, new enigmas
The book concludes with "Appendix: The origin of the elliptic approach to Fermat's last theorem," "Bibliography," and "Index."
