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2018: From Abel to Langlands: the quest for a general reciprocity law and a grand unified theory of mathematics

The 2018 Abel Prize was recently awarded to Robert Langlands of the IAS for “his visionary program connecting number theory and representation theory”. In this talk, I will give a non-technical introduction to the historical developments and circle of ideas which led to the Langlands program.


Past Years’ Programme

2010: An overview and revisiting on mathematics and civilization from Pythagoras to Newton

Wu-Yi Hsiang

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2010: Puzzles: Mathematical Fun Journey

Dr. Pantazis Houlis

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2007: From Euler’s Discoveries in Trigonometry to Fourier Analysis, MP3, and JPEG

Gerhard Wanner

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2007: Leonhard Euler: His Life, the Man and His Work

Walter Gautschi

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2007: Robot Swarms and the Topology of Coordination

Robert Ghrist

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2007: Euler 300th Anniversary Lecture

Robin Wilson

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2006: Epidemics in Technological and Social Networks: The Downside of Six Degrees of Separation

Jennifer Chayes

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2004: Rabbits, Foxes and Mathematical Modelling

Peter Pang

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2003: Symmetry in Art and Architecture

Helmer Aslaksen

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2003: Mathematics and the Revolution in Cosmology

Brett McInnes

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2002: Ancient Chinese Mathematics and Its Influence on World Mathematics

Lam Lay Yong

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2002: Quantitative Go, and Some Other Games

Elwyn Berlekamp

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Founded in 1952, the Singapore Mathematical Society (SMS) is the national body representing the interests of the mathematical community in Singapore.

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