Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

langlands program

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: lang-land-s pro-gram
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A set of interconnected, far-reaching and consequential conjectures connecting number theory with geometry.

noun

Any of several similar sets of conjectures applicable to restricted domains of number theory and/or geometry.

Example Sentences

"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."
"p-adic Langlands program"
"modulo p Langlands program"

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Langlands programme (alternative) Langlands programs (plural)

Questions

What does langlands program mean?: A set of interconnected, far-reaching and consequential conjectures connecting number theory with geometry.
Where does langlands program come from?: Named after Canadian mathematician Robert Langlands, who proposed it in 1967 (privately) and publicly in 1970.

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