Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Ngo Bao Chau, professor at the University of Chicago, is interviewed by Atish Dabholkar, Director of ICTP, and Claudio Arezzo, Head of the ICTP Mathematics section.
In this conversation, they discuss the fundamental lemma of Langlands Theory, for which Châu was awarded the Fields medal in 2010. They also talk about the role that institutes such as ICTP and the Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics (VIASM) in Hanoi have been playing in advancing science globally.
The conversation took place in May 2023, when Châo visited the Centre to take part in the yearly ICTP Scientific Council meeting.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:45 Fundamental Lemma of Langlands Theory
00:07:28 Connection with number theory
00:10:30 Challenges with solving a difficult and important problem
00:20:03 Geometric Langlands Program
00:28:08 Fundamental lemma and Geometric Langlands Program
00:29:54 Advice to a young mathematician
00:30:50 Being a young mathematician in Vietnam
00:36:14 Different styles of mathematics
00:37:44 Vision for the Vietnamese Institute of Mathematics in Hanoi
00:42:26 Role of ICTP to connect science throughout the world
Ngo Bao Chau, professor at the University of Chicago, is interviewed by Atish Dabholkar, Director of ICTP, and Claudio Arezzo, Head of the ICTP Mathematics section.
In this conversation, they discuss the fundamental lemma of Langlands Theory, for which Châu was awarded the Fields medal in 2010. They also talk about the role that institutes such as ICTP and the Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics (VIASM) in Hanoi have been playing in advancing science globally.
The conversation took place in May 2023, when Châo visited the Centre to take part in the yearly ICTP Scientific Council meeting.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:45 Fundamental Lemma of Langlands Theory
00:07:28 Connection with number theory
00:10:30 Challenges with solving a difficult and important problem
00:20:03 Geometric Langlands Program
00:28:08 Fundamental lemma and Geometric Langlands Program
00:29:54 Advice to a young mathematician
00:30:50 Being a young mathematician in Vietnam
00:36:14 Different styles of mathematics
00:37:44 Vision for the Vietnamese Institute of Mathematics in Hanoi
00:42:26 Role of ICTP to connect science throughout the world
