Episode description

Ken Ribet is the president of the American Mathematical Society. He played a key role in the proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem.

Ken Ribet’s home page

The AMS

Ken’s famous paper

The Wiles Proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem

Numberphile video with Ken about his work

Ken’s 87 hair cuts

Simon Singh discusses Fermat’s Last Theorem in a Numberphile video

With thanks to

MSRI

Meyer Sound