Jean-Pierre Serre

Jean-Pierre Serre (born September 15, 1926) is one of the leading mathematicians of the twentieth century, active in algebraic geometry, number theory and topology.

Other work

From 1959 onwards his interests turned towards number theory, in particular class field theory and the theory of complex multiplication.

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1959 - Number theory - Class field theory - Complex multiplication

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Amongst his most original contributions were: the concept of algebraic K-theory; the Galois representation theory for l-adic cohomology and the conceptions that these representations were 'large'; and the Serre conjecture on mod p representations that made Fermat's last theorem a connected part of mainstream arithmetic geometry.

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Algebraic K-theory - Galois representation - L-adic cohomology - Serre conjecture - Fermat's last theorem - Arithmetic geometry

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