The Tao of Mathematics, and Think Locally
Abstract
An informal discussion of Serre's conjecture on the modularity of odd irreducible representations of Gal( Q|Q) into GL2( Fp), using Ramanujan's tau-function as an illustrative example. Also, a word about the importance of thinking locally.
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