User ann o'nymous - MathOverflow most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-22T14:06:15Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/user/12916 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/55085/new-proofs-to-major-theorems-leading-to-new-insights-and-results/55157#55157 Answer by ann o'nymous for New proofs to major theorems leading to new insights and results? ann o'nymous 2011-02-11T19:29:13Z 2011-02-11T19:29:13Z <p>Serre's construction of the $p$-adic zeta function, using the fact that the values of the Riemann zeta function at negative integers are constant terms of Eisenstein series. This paved the way for a lot a mathematics including the proof of Iwasawa main conjecture by Mazur and Wiles. </p>