Gerhard Frey

This article is about the mathematician. For the politician, see Gerhard Frey (politician).
Gerhard Frey
Frey at Oberwolfach in 2004
Born (1944-06-01) 1 June 1944 (age 80)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Heidelberg
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsSaarland University
University of Duisburg-Essen
Doctoral advisorPeter Roquette
Doctoral studentsTanja Lange

Gerhard Frey (German: [fʁaɪ]; born 1 June 1944) is a German mathematician, known for his work in number theory. Following an original idea of Hellegouarch,[1] he developed the notion of Frey–Hellegouarch curves, a construction of an elliptic curve from a purported solution to the Fermat equation, that is central to Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.[2][3]

  1. ^ Hellegouarch, Yves (1975), "Points d'ordre 2ph sur les courbes elliptiques" (PDF), Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Matematyczny. Acta Arithmetica, 26 (3): 253–263, doi:10.4064/aa-26-3-253-263, ISSN 0065-1036, MR 0379507
  2. ^ Helen G. Grundman (21 October 1999). "Are mathematicians finally satisfied with Andrew Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem? Why has this theorem been so difficult to prove?". Scientific American. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  3. ^ Keith Devlin (21 July 1999). "Beyond Fermat's last theorem". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2016.