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Fermat's Last Theorem for Selmer sections

Number Theory 2026-03-04 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We prove, in the context of the section conjecture, that every Selmer section over Q\mathbb{Q} of the affine Fermat curve with exponent \ell is cuspidal for 7\ell\geq 7.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2602.17746,
  title  = {Fermat's Last Theorem for Selmer sections},
  author = {Benjamin Steklov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.17746},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

24 pages, typos corrected, references added, comments welcome

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