Why does anyone give a shit about Langlands program when it hasn't even been proven? Coming up with idle, unproven guesses isn't impressive.

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Anonymous Sun Feb 8 09:37:00 2015 No.7055865 [Reply] [Original]

Why does anyone give a shit about Langlands program when it hasn't even been proven?

Coming up with idle, unproven guesses isn't impressive.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 8 09:50:29 2015 No.7055876 I don't know what to say... The community needs goals, that's how it works. And there are analogies and relations which hint at a big picture. What's not to get here, I don't get it.

Anonymous Sun Feb 8 10:26:43 2015 No.7055906

>>7055876
the fact that people act like it's a big achievement by him that makes him worthy of being considered one of THE living mathematicians when really it's just him saying

"here are some statements that I haven't made any progress with"

Bravo, Langland.

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