Edward Frenkel, a leading mathematician at UC Berkeley, explains the Langlands program, its ties to physics, and the search for a single unifying formula. He also shares his personal journey from representation theory to making math accessible to the public.
- 00:00 - Intro
- 02:14 - Edward’s Background
- 07:04 - Robert Langlands
- 15:01 - Physics vs. Mathematics
- 34:14 - Unification in Math
- 45:48 - What Does Math Actually Describe?
- 01:02:57 - Langlands Program
- 01:22:08 - Counting Problem
- 01:25:55 - Harmonic Analysis
- 01:33:58 - “One Formula Rules Them All”
- 01:51:58 - The Shimura-Taniyama-Weil Conjecture
- 01:55:55 - Original Langlands Program
- 02:01:22 - A Twist: Langlands Dual Group
- 02:01:55 - Rosetta Stone of Math
- 02:11:33 - The Pleasure Comes From The Illusion
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