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Robert Langlands, né le 6 octobre 1936 en Colombie-Britannique au Canada, est un des mathématiciens majeurs du XXe siècle. Il a introduit des idées nouvelles et profondes en théorie des nombres et en théorie des représentations. Wikipedia  

✵ 6. octobre 1936
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Robert Langlands: Citations en anglais

“What I have achieved has been largely a matter of chance. Many problems I thought about at length with no success. With other problems, there was the inspiration—indeed, some that astound me today. Certainly the best times were when I was alone with mathematics, free of ambition and of pretense, and indifferent to the world.”

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Robert Langlands

Source: "Mathematical retrospections," 2013, p. 142

“Although there are at present many occupations that require a good deal of skill and training in advanced mathematics, mathematics itself is still often regarded as a curious profession demanding singular talents and a singular personality.”

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Robert Langlands

Source: "Mathematical retrospections," 2013, p. 142

“Mathematical maturity is anyhow an uncertain concept, for the mind’s natural competence seems to change with age, its purview variable.”

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Source: "Mathematical retrospections," 2013, p. 142

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