Gerhard Frey
Gerhard Frey | |
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Frey at Oberwolfach in 2004 | |
| Born | 1 June 1944 |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Heidelberg |
| Known for | Frey curve Trace zero cryptography |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Saarland University University of Duisburg-Essen |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter Roquette |
| Doctoral students | Tanja Lange |
Gerhard Frey (German: [fʁaɪ]; born 1 June 1944) is a German mathematician, known for his work in number theory. Following an original idea of Hellegouarch, he developed the notion of Frey–Hellegouarch curves, a construction of an elliptic curve from a purported solution to the Fermat equation, that is central to Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.