Locked in Functions: A Short Poem for Robert Langlands

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

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Virgilio A. Rivas¹ 

[1] Polytechnic University of the Philippine and University of Santo Tomas

DOI  :  10.5642/jhummath.XPSE6991

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Claremont Center for the Mathematical Sciences

【 摘 要 】

This short poem is inspired by Robert Langlands, recipient of the 2018 Abel Prize. The poem tries to sum up in poetic language, as brief but substantial as it can be, the philosophical and rhetorical connotation of his contributions to mathematics, from automorphic forms to number theory, and the famous Langlands programme, among others. Also partly inspired by Edward Frenkel's tribute to Langlands, the book Love and Mathematics, the poem seeks to capture the philosophical beauty of mathematics that privileges the importance of 'functions' over 'passions', consistent with Langlands' purely mathematical side.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC-ND