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The proof of his conjecture came close to proving Fermat's Last Theorm that no three positive integers a, b, and c satisfy the equation a^n + b ^n = c^n for any integer value of n greater than 2. This is a simple theorem to express, and seemingly self-evident, but it took nearly 350 years to prove after Fermat expressed it in 1637 despite it seeming so basic in mathematics.
Gorō Shimura (志村 五郎 Shimura Gorō, 23 February 1930 – 3 May 2019) was a Japanese mathematician and Michael Henry Strater Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Princeton University who worked in number theory, automorphic forms, and arithmetic geometry.[1] He was known for developing the theory of complex multiplication of abelian varieties and Shimura varieties, as well as posing the Taniyama–Shimura conjecture which ultimately led to the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goro_Shimura
Gorō Shimura (志村 五郎 Shimura Gorō, 23 February 1930 – 3 May 2019) was a Japanese mathematician and Michael Henry Strater Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Princeton University who worked in number theory, automorphic forms, and arithmetic geometry.[1] He was known for developing the theory of complex multiplication of abelian varieties and Shimura varieties, as well as posing the Taniyama–Shimura conjecture which ultimately led to the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goro_Shimura
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