Jeffrey Adler (American University)
Joint Modern Algebra lab and Chebyshev lab Colloquium
Thursday 7 June 17:15 room 14 (14-th line V.I., 29)
After a review of Pontryagin duality, I will give an introduction to p-adic numbers, emphasizing their role in number theory, and will conclude with a description of part of the Langlands Program, which brings together number theory and harmonic analysis.