It has been said that the goals of modern mathematics are
reconstruction and development.1 The unifying conjectures between
number theory and representation theory that Robert Langlands,
Professor Emeritus in the School of Mathematics, articulated...
Why is the expansion of the universe speeding up, instead of
being slowed by the gravitational attraction of galaxies and dark
matter? What is the history of the Milky Way galaxy and of the
chemical elements in its stars? Why are the planetary...
“Scientific research in many domains of knowledge has time
after time proved the necessity of abandoning or remoulding
viewpoints which, due to their fruitfulness and apparently
unrestricted applicability, were regarded as indispensable for
rational...
Meet the newest Members at the Institute for Advanced Study and
discover their unique passion for curiosity-driven research in the
Scholar Spotlight video series.
In today’s episode, Søren Fournais, Member in
the School of Mathematics, discusses...
