Robert Phelan Langlands, C.C.
Montréal, Quebec and Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
Robert Langlands has revolutionized mathematics. As the visionary mind behind the Langlands Program and professor at the renowned Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, he proposed connections between number theory and geometry, two separate mathematical fields, in ways that were previously unknown. The program’s impact on the field has been so profound it has been referred to as a quest for a unified theory of mathematics. Mathematicians around the world have been deriving inspiration from his conjectures since he first introduced the program in the 1960s.