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Journals That Published Influential Mathematical Theorems and Conjectures

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Which journal published the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem?

  1. Annals of Mathematics

  2. Journal of Number Theory

  3. Mathematische Annalen

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Andrew Wiles published his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in the Annals of Mathematics in 1995.

In which journal was the Riemann hypothesis first stated?

  1. Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik

  2. Mathematische Annalen

  3. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Bernhard Riemann first stated the Riemann hypothesis in his paper "Über die Anzahl der Primzahlen unter einer gegebenen Grösse" published in the Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik in 1859.

Which journal published the proof of the Poincaré conjecture?

  1. Annals of Mathematics

  2. Journal of Differential Geometry

  3. Inventiones Mathematicae

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Grigori Perelman published his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in the Annals of Mathematics in 2002.

In which journal was the Collatz conjecture first proposed?

  1. Mathematische Annalen

  2. Journal of the London Mathematical Society

  3. American Mathematical Monthly

  4. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Lothar Collatz first proposed the Collatz conjecture in his paper "Über eine neue Art von Folgen" published in the Mathematische Annalen in 1937.

Which journal published the proof of the Kepler conjecture?

  1. Annals of Mathematics

  2. Journal of the American Mathematical Society

  3. Inventiones Mathematicae

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Thomas Hales published his proof of the Kepler conjecture in the Annals of Mathematics in 2005.

In which journal was the ABC conjecture first stated?

  1. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences

  2. Journal of Number Theory

  3. Mathematische Annalen

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Joseph Oesterlé and David Masser first stated the ABC conjecture in their paper "Sur l'arithmétique des courbes elliptiques" published in the Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences in 1985.

Which journal published the proof of the Goldbach conjecture?

  1. Annals of Mathematics

  2. Journal of Number Theory

  3. Mathematische Annalen

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option:
Explanation:

The Goldbach conjecture has not yet been proven.

In which journal was the Hodge conjecture first proposed?

  1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

  2. Journal of the London Mathematical Society

  3. Annals of Mathematics

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

William Hodge first proposed the Hodge conjecture in his paper "The Theory and Application of Harmonic Integrals" published in the Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society in 1941.

Which journal published the proof of the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture?

  1. Annals of Mathematics

  2. Journal of the American Mathematical Society

  3. Inventiones Mathematicae

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option:
Explanation:

The Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture has not yet been proven.

In which journal was the Langlands program first proposed?

  1. American Journal of Mathematics

  2. Annals of Mathematics

  3. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Robert Langlands first proposed the Langlands program in his paper "Problems in the Theory of Automorphic Forms" published in the American Journal of Mathematics in 1970.

Which journal published the proof of the Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture?

  1. Annals of Mathematics

  2. Journal of Differential Geometry

  3. Inventiones Mathematicae

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Simon Donaldson published his proof of the Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture in the Annals of Mathematics in 1987.

In which journal was the Mumford conjecture first proposed?

  1. Annals of Mathematics

  2. Journal of the American Mathematical Society

  3. Inventiones Mathematicae

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

David Mumford first proposed the Mumford conjecture in his paper "Curves and their Jacobians" published in the Annals of Mathematics in 1965.

Which journal published the proof of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem?

  1. Annals of Mathematics

  2. Journal of Differential Geometry

  3. Inventiones Mathematicae

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Michael Atiyah and Isadore Singer published their proof of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem in the Annals of Mathematics in 1968.

In which journal was the Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch theorem first proved?

  1. Annales Scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure

  2. Journal of Algebraic Geometry

  3. Inventiones Mathematicae

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Alexander Grothendieck first proved the Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch theorem in his paper "Sur la cohomologie des faisceaux locaux" published in the Annales Scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure in 1957.

Which journal published the proof of the Deligne-Mumford-Knudsen formula?

  1. Annals of Mathematics

  2. Journal of Algebraic Geometry

  3. Inventiones Mathematicae

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Pierre Deligne, David Mumford, and Finn Knudsen published their proof of the Deligne-Mumford-Knudsen formula in the Inventiones Mathematicae in 1974.

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