A text for a year-long introduction to arithmetic geometry, leading the reader in a logical progression from the local to the global properties of rings and curves through the study of class groups and of the Riemann-Roch theorem. Emphasizes the connection between algebraic numb…
"In recent decades, p-adic geometry and p-adic cohomology theories have become indispensable tools in number theory, algebraic geometry, and the theory of automorphic representations. The Arizona Winter Schoo1 2007, on which the current book is based, was a unique opportunity to…
Recent progress in arithmetic and algebraic geometry: Barrett Lecture Series Conference, April 25-27, 2…
by Kachi, Yasuyuki, Barrett Lecture Series Conference, University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Mulay, S. B., Tzermias, Pavlos
fromContemporary mathematics (American Mathematical Society)
Modular forms and Fermat's last theorem
The book will focus on two major topics: (1) Andrew Wiles' recent proof of the Taniyama-Shimura-Weil conjecture for semistable elliptic curves; and (2) the earlier works of Frey, Serre, Ribet showing that Wiles' Theorem would complete the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.
"The book begins with an overview of the complete proof, followed by several introductory chapters surveying the basic theory of elliptic curves, modular functions, modular curves, Galois cohomology, and finite group schemes. Representation theory, which lies at the core of Wile…