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You're in good company. Supposedly, someone once asked J G Thompson (a very eminent group theorist, winner of the Fields Medal, the Wolf Prize and the Abel Priz
by gjm11 16y ago
You're in good company. Supposedly, someone once asked J G Thompson (a very eminent group theorist, winner of the Fields Medal, the Wolf Prize and the Abel Prize) what mental picture he had in his head when thinking about a difficult group theory problem. "A big black letter G", he said.
- JadeNB 16y agoAt James Arthur's 60th birthday conference, he said something like the following (roughly paraphrased): "First …" and, unfortunately, I don't remember what first was (but I agree with Dove (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1385842 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1385842) that there should be 3 :-) ). "Next, I studied the work of Langlands, and the group was called GL_2. Then, I studied the work of Harish-Chandra, and the group was called G."