Ribet's theorem
Teorema de Ribet
- Date
- 1986 · confidence low
- Place
- Berkeley, California, United States
- Credited to
- Conjectured by Jean-Pierre Serre and proved by Ken Ribet
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What was discovered
Theorem showing that the Taniyama–Shimura conjecture implies Fermat's Last Theorem in the semistable case, removing a key step toward its full proof.
What it led to
- Andrew Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem
- Advances in the modularity conjecture
- Development of Galois representations attached to modular forms
- Consolidation of the Langlands program