Langlands program
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Named after Canadian mathematician Robert Langlands, who proposed it in 1967 (privately) and publicly in 1970.
Proper noun
- (mathematics) A set of interconnected, far-reaching and consequential conjectures connecting number theory with geometry.
- 2021, Steve Gelbart, The Early Langlands Program — Personal Reflections, Julia Mueller, Freydoon Shahidi (editors), The Genesis of the Langlands Program, Cambridge University Press, London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series 467, page 49,
- This kind of interaction is greatly appreciated, and when combined with his much larger Langlands Program, makes for a formidable force.
- 2021, Steve Gelbart, The Early Langlands Program — Personal Reflections, Julia Mueller, Freydoon Shahidi (editors), The Genesis of the Langlands Program, Cambridge University Press, London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series 467, page 49,
Translations
Langlands programme — see Langlands programme
Noun
Langlands program (plural Langlands programs)
- (mathematics) Any of several similar sets of conjectures applicable to restricted domains of number theory and/or geometry.
- p-adic Langlands program
- modulo p Langlands program