Interview with Robert Langlands

0:00 Childhood 1:59 Why did you become a mathematician? 4:09 When did you realize that you had a talent for mathematics? 6:29 Did you ever have a moment when you fell in love with mathematics? 8:08 You learned German, French, Russian and Italian to become a mathematician? 9:18 Do you still read Russian? 9:36 What fields of mathematics were you drawn to? 9:56 Mathematics is one subject 11:00 On the meeting with Atle Selberg 13:15 On the big breakthrough 18:42 How much longer will the Langlands program continue? 19:15 What is it like to spend so much time in the abstract world? 19:37 Do you have a message to young mathematicians? Robert Langlands in conversation with ‪@AlexBellos‬ at a public reception at Det Norske Teatret, immediately after having received the Abel Prize in 2018. Produced by UniMedia