Gerhard Frey

Mathematician, Academic

1944 –

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Who is Gerhard Frey?

Gerhard Frey is a German mathematician, known for his work in number theory. His Frey curve, a construction of an elliptic curve from a purported solution to the Fermat equation, was central to Wiles' proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.

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Born
1944
Germany
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Education
  • Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Lived in
  • Erlangen

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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