The Roles Played by Elliptic curves and Modular forms in Fermat Last Theorem by B. Sury (ISIB)

Chair of talk: S. G. Dani, CBS, Mumbai.

Abstract: While this is an old story known to experts, in this talk we take the point of view of a mathematician not working on this topic. We start with a brief discussion of the key notions and properties of elliptic curves and modular forms. Following this, we describe how they combine to give a proof of FLT. Finally, more technical details are given how exactly this works.