Robert Langlands

Robert Phelan Langlands (born October 6, 1936 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada) is an emeritus professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. His work in automorphic forms and representation theory had a major effect on number theory. Langlands received an undergraduate degree from the University of British Columbia in 1957, and continued on there to receive an M. Sc. in 1958. He then went to Yale University where he received a Ph.D. ... more

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  • Oct 6, 1936 (age 73 years)

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Year Award Notes/Description
  • 2006
  • 1995
  • for his path-blazing work and extraordinary insight in the fields of number theory, automorphic forms and group representation.
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