Monthly Archives: February 2021

Yet More Geometric Langlands News

Posted on February 27, 2021 by woit

It has only been a couple weeks since my last posting on this topic, but there’s quite a bit of new news on the geometric Langlands front. One of the great goals of the subject has always been to bring … Continue reading →

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Isadore Singer 1924-2021

Posted on February 12, 2021 by woit

I was sorry to hear this morning of the death yesterday at the age of 96 of Is Singer, a mathematician who led much of the interaction between mathematics and physics during the 1970s and 1980s. In the early stages … Continue reading →

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Geometric Langlands News

Posted on February 11, 2021 by woit

There’s various news to report on the geometric Langlands front, spanning number theory to quantum field theory: Minhyong Kim has been running an Online Mini-Conference on the Geometric Langlands Correspondence for the past month, and Dennis Gaitsgory has been doing … Continue reading →

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