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ANDY NICHOLS

FERMATS CONJECTURE

A PRESENTATION BY ANDY NICHOLS

PIERRE DE FERMAT (1601-1665)

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TANIYAMASHIMURAJAPAN: 1955THE TANIYAMA-SHIMURA CONJECTURE:

ALL ELLIPTIC CURVES ARE MODULAR

TORUS

TANIYAMASHIMURAJAPAN: 1955THE TANIYAMA-SHIMURA CONJECTURE:

ALL ELLIPTIC CURVES ARE MODULAR

GERMANY: 1984

FREY

ENGLAND: 1986WILES

PROVEPROVE

THE PROOF (PBS)

CONCLUSION

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