Freshman Seminar 24g

Taught by William Stein

References

The most important work on Fermat's Last Theorem is Andrew Wiles's paper, Modular Elliptic Curves and Fermat's Last Theorem [pdf]. Unfortunately Wiles's paper assumes the reader is an expert in a huge range of modern mathematics. One goal of this Freshman seminar is that by the end you should be able to read the introduction to Wiles's paper.

Other Books:

Simon Singh, Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem
Stewart and Tall, Algebraic Number Theory and Fermat's Last Theorem (amazon link, which includes search inside)
Hellegouarch, Invitation to the Mathematics of Fermat-Wiles
Singh: We will likely watch the documentary by Simon Singh, and look at the popular book Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem the Singh wrote.
Ribenboim: Fermat's Last Theorem for Amateurs
Mozzochi: Fermat Diary
Singh: The Proof (Nova Special)

There are also many popular articles, other videos, etc., on FLT, and I will track them down for the seminar.

Freshman Seminar 24g

Taught by William Stein

References

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