Title
Professor

Department
Dept of Mathematics


Faculty URL
http://math.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/kenneth-ribet

Email
ribet@berkeley.edu

Phone
(510) 642-6550

Fax
(510) 642-8204


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Research Expertise and Interest
mathematics, algebraic geometry, algebraic number theory

Research Description
Kenneth Ribet is known for his work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He played a prominent role in the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem by showing that this statement was a logical consequence of a conjecture about elliptic curves. (Andrew Wiles proved this conjecture in 1995, thereby obtaining Fermat's Last Theorem as a corollary.)