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Ribet, Kenneth A. |
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University of California, Berkeley |
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Mathematics |
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Ribet is a number theorist who did deep work on l-adic representations of Galois groups and modular forms. In addition, Ribet revolutionized the classical subject of cyclotomic fields by introducing a technique of great originality. Ribet is best known for his crucial role in Wiles' proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. |
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Research Interests
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Kenneth Ribet studies the arithmetic of modular forms and modular curves. |
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