An Introduction to the Langlands Program

Download or read book An Introduction to the Langlands Program written by Joseph Bernstein and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-11 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past several decades the theory of automorphic forms has become a major focal point of development in number theory and algebraic geometry, with applications in many diverse areas, including combinatorics and mathematical physics. The twelve chapters of this monograph present a broad, user-friendly introduction to the Langlands program, that is, the theory of automorphic forms and its connection with the theory of L-functions and other fields of mathematics. Covered are a variety of areas in number theory from the classical zeta function up to the Langlands program. The exposition is sytematic, with each chapter focusing on a particular topic devoted to special cases of the program, and accessible to graduate students and researchers in the field.