Gerd Faltings, who proved the Mordell conjecture, wins the Abel Prize

(scientificamerican.com)

19 points | by digital55 4 days ago ago

2 comments

  • nhatcher 4 days ago

    Oh wow! I wouldn't have expected this so many years later. Mordel's conjecture implies asva special case that for all n>=4 there are only a finite number of solutions to Fermat's equations with relative prime numbers. Brings me back!

  • 011101101 an hour ago

    A point is that which has no breadth.

    The line is a breadthless legth.

    Mordell conjecture is that only circles or figure contain infinite points, whereas curves with exponents over 3 are finite accumulations.