Person: Taniyama, Yutaka

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Yutaka Taniyama was a Japanese mathematician best known for the Tanayama-Shimura conjecture, whose proof led to a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 12 November 1927, Kisai (north of Tokyo), Japan. Died 17 November 1958, Tokyo, Japan.

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Origin Japan, Number Theory


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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive