May I respectfully ask what the **minimal** background needed to read Wiles' proof of Fermat's Last Theorem is?


I'm not an expert on number theory, but out of curiosity I wanted to understand - at a cursory level if possible - the outline of the proof.


Thank you to all responders in advance.


My background: Junior-year undergraduate in Theoretical Physics.



Minimal prerequisite to reading Wiles' proof of Fermat's Last Theorem
This is a very hard proof to do for an undergraduate but there are books available. Tthe book "Invitation to Fermat Wiles" ([http://www.amazon.com/Invitation-Mathematics-Fermat-Wiles-Yves-Hellegouarch/dp/0123392519](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0123392519)) is an exposition on the proof written for undergraduates for example.


