English Explanatory Dictionary

Langlands programme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A set of interconnected, far-reaching and consequential conjectures connecting number theory with geometry.
noun
  1. Any of several similar sets of conjectures applicable to restricted domains of number theory and/or geometry.

Word forms

Langlands programme Langlands program Langlands programmes

Etymology

Named after Canadian mathematician Robert Langlands, who proposed it in 1967 (privately) and publicly in 1970.

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