The Proof of a Fundamental Lemma Is Listed One of the TIME's Top 10 Scientific Discoveries of 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009 - 17:42
in Astronomy & Space
Mathematicians always expect a fundamental lemma in Langlands Program proposed 30 years ago to be proven true. A Vietnamese professor Ngo Bao Chau, who currently works at Université Paris-Sud and the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, formulated an ingenious proof of the lemma a couple of years ago. His work was checked this year and confirmed to be correct.