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An Overview of The Proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem

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The principal aim of this article is to sketch the proof of the following famous assertion.

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  1. Glenn Stevens
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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06268, USA

    Gary Cornell

  2. Department of Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA

    Joseph H. Silverman

  3. Department of Mathematics, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    Glenn Stevens

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Stevens, G. (1997). An Overview of The Proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem. In: Cornell, G., Silverman, J.H., Stevens, G. (eds) Modular Forms and Fermat’s Last Theorem. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1974-3_1

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