Most theorems in Mathematics build upon the work of many people. Maybe a good recent example is the proof of Serre's conjecture by Khare and Winterberger. They contributed a decisive, fundamental piece of the puzzle, but it depends on the work of e.g. Serre, Tate, Ribet, Mazur, Taylor, Wiles, Kisin, Dieulefait and many others.
Felipe Voloch
- 30.5k
- 6
- 85
- 151