Graduate/faculty Seminar
Friday, September 28, 2007, 4:30pm, 119 Physics
Leslie Saper (Duke University)
Quadratic Reciprocity from Euler to Langlands
Abstract:
The law of quadratic reciprocity was conjectured by Euler and first proved in full generality by Gauss. I will not prove quadratic reciprocity but I will discuss it in the context of the general reciprocity law due to Emil Artin. I will then explain how Langlands's program is a nonabelian generalization of this. If there is time, I will indicate how my work fits into this program. [video]

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