The study of L-functions is a journey into the hidden symmetries of the number field.
I find I'm so excited. I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border.I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope.
"The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love."