Timeline for Proofs of Mordell-Weil theorem
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| Nov 12, 2012 at 23:23 | comment | added | ACL | This proof only considers elliptic curves over $\bf Q$ whose points of order 2 are $\bf Q$-rational. This gives the following simplifications: * the algebraic geometry of Abelian varieties is reduced as its minimum; * no algebraic number theory is required; * the height machine is elementary; * the Galois cohomology construction can be treated by hand. That's why the general proof is more complicated. | |
| Oct 29, 2012 at 21:42 | comment | added | zeb | After reading this proof, I never understood why other proofs looked so complicated. | |
| Oct 29, 2012 at 18:55 | history | edited | Pete L. Clark | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 8, 2011 at 6:38 | history | answered | ACL | CC BY-SA 3.0 |