Edward Frenkel recently claimed for Robert Langlands
the discovery of a link between two "totally different"
fields of mathematics— number theory and harmonic analysis.
He implied that before Langlands, no relationship between
these fields was known.
See his recent book, and his lecture at the Fields Institute
in Toronto on October 24, 2013.
Meanwhile, in this journal on that date, two math-related
quotations for Stephen King, author of Doctor Sleep—
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"Danvers is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, |
For those who prefer their mathematics presented as fact, not fiction—
(Click for a larger image.)
The arrows in the figure at the right are an attempt to say visually that
the diamond theorem is related to various fields of mathematics.
There is no claim that prior to the theorem, these fields were not related.
See also Scott Carnahan on arrow diagrams, and Mathematical Imagery.