, according to his sister, had a rather 91裸聊视频渙rdinary and uneventful91裸聊视频� childhood in White Rock, where his family ran Langlands Millwork & Builders91裸聊视频� Supplies.
Other than his knack for math, that is.
It was these 91裸聊视频淕od-given talents91裸聊视频� that a high school teacher encouraged him to pursue more than six decades ago, Mary Fran McArthur recalled this week, following news her brother had been named the Laureate for 2018, a distinction bestowed for 91裸聊视频渙utstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淗e has used those talents well. The Abel Award is the culmination of many years work and of many prestigious awards which he has received,91裸聊视频� McArthur told Peace Arch News Wednesday, in a statement she prepared alongside former Semiahmoo Secondary classmate Ed Fader.
91裸聊视频淚 have to say that although I have read many description of his work, I have no idea of what he really does. Obviously, the mathematical community does.91裸聊视频�
The world became acutely aware of Langlands91裸聊视频� proclivity for mathematics in 1967, when he suggested connections between two distinctly different fields: harmonic analysis and number theory.
Last week, more than 50 years later, the Princeton University Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) professor was described as 91裸聊视频渋ntroducing a theory that created a completely new way of thinking about mathematics.91裸聊视频�
The Abel Prize has been described as the Nobel Prize for mathematics. Named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel, it comes with a cash award of six million Norwegian kroner, equivalent to nearly $1 million.
Langlands, 81, could not be reached for comment Wednesday. (An official at his office at the IAS 91裸聊视频� which it can be noted is the same office once occupied by Albert Einstein 91裸聊视频� told PAN Langlands 91裸聊视频渃omes in as he pleases.91裸聊视频�)
However, in the video of the award announcement posted March 20 to the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters website, Langlands tells broadcaster Alex Bellos he was surprised by news of the award, which he only learned about shortly before the announcement was made.
91裸聊视频淚 didn91裸聊视频檛 have an immediate reaction,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淲hat I wanted to do was think it over.91裸聊视频�
Asked how surprised he has been by the growth of his initial conjectures into a 91裸聊视频減rogram of such depth and scope,91裸聊视频� Langlands said he has been concerned about the 91裸聊视频渢endency to take the easy road.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚 think there are strange and real questions right at the core, that have been there91裸聊视频� since the time of Gauss, and that have been advanced, but i guess because they91裸聊视频檙e so rich91裸聊视频� in relation to other matters, have often been left aside, perhaps because people just didn91裸聊视频檛 know how to think about them,91裸聊视频� he said.
Ole M. Sejersted, president of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, described the Langlands program as 91裸聊视频渧isionary.91裸聊视频�
In a congratulatory statement posted online, Kenneth A Ribet, president of the American Mathematical Society, said Langlands is 91裸聊视频渙ne of the most distinguished mathematicians alive today and a towering figure in the history of modern mathematics.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淗is insights, which grew out of penetrating technical work early in his career, have transformed and enriched both number theory and representation theory. The deep relations between the two subjects that he predicted and probed have guided the work of countless mathematicians over the last 50 years,91裸聊视频� Ribet states.
Fader, 80, told PAN he and other former classmates of Langlands91裸聊视频� are proud of his accomplishments.
91裸聊视频淗e91裸聊视频檚 done quite well,91裸聊视频� Fader said Wednesday. 91裸聊视频淪ome of my classmates (think) we should have a Bob Langlands Day in White Rock, just for him.91裸聊视频�
Langlands told Bellos he plans to share the prize money with various institutions and groups he already supports, 91裸聊视频渢hat91裸聊视频� are in some way useful to the world.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淎nd (US)$800,000 will help.91裸聊视频�
