15/03/2016
Congratulations to Sir Andrew J. Wiles, 2016 Abel Prize Laureate. He receives this honor "for his stunning proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem by way of the modularity conjecture for semistable elliptic curves, opening a new era in number theory." (Photo by Alain Goriely.) "Professor Wiles’ astonishing breakthroughs in number theory, paving the way for establishing the Modularity Conjecture of Shimura, Taniyama, and Weil, have not only led to a new era in the theory of elliptic curves but have solved long-standing famous problems, such as Fermat’s Last Theorem, and inspired some of the most remarkable advances in mathematics in the last 100 years." -- Robert Bryant, AMS President. Find details about Wiles, his work, and the Abel Prize at http://www.abelprize.no/.