00:00 Abel Prize ceremony 05:00 interview proper starts (Norwegian) 07:46 (English) almost-everywhere convergence of Fourier series for square-integrable (L^2) functions 10:08 interesting example of need to have conviction about outcome before commencing 10:30 the Corona problem, Carleson measure 12:20 mathematical creativity and age 13:42 most difficult, profound problems in analysis; problem-solving vs. theory-building 15:20 problems unsolved: the Henon Map; you have to know how to give up; no work on the Riemann Hypothesis 16:12 what makes a great mathematician? importance of stubbornness, choose problems within reach, having a feeling for math. 17:30 how did you persist in the face of difficulty; have to know when to give up too 18:20 algebra, geometry, topology 18:47 most challenging, exciting math. in the 21st century 19:48 computers in math. 21:32 as used on the 4-colour problem 21:56 Fermat conjecture proof: need for theory and machinery? 23:15 wunderkind? mathematical talent 24:37 Beurling 26:14 reason for focus on analysis-combinatorics-geometry 27:30 current math. interests:: complexity 28:02 organisation of research: Acta Mathematica 29:30 scientific publishing into the future 32:18 Institute Mittag-Leffler 35:40 President of the IMU 37:18 anti-Semitism from the Soviet math. leaders? 38:20 book, Mathematics for Our Times (1968); pure vs. applied math. 40:35 math. curriculum 42:46 how best to convey what mathematicians do to others; get people used to the terminology (as physics has done) 44:28 Abel Prize itself & related activities 45:30 other interests 46:10 conclusion (Norwegian)
This is supposed to be an interview about mathematics, why did the interviewers suddenly change the topic and switch to the discussion about anti-semitism?
00:00 Abel Prize ceremony
05:00 interview proper starts (Norwegian)
07:46 (English) almost-everywhere convergence of Fourier series for square-integrable (L^2) functions
10:08 interesting example of need to have conviction about outcome before commencing
10:30 the Corona problem, Carleson measure
12:20 mathematical creativity and age
13:42 most difficult, profound problems in analysis; problem-solving vs. theory-building
15:20 problems unsolved: the Henon Map; you have to know how to give up; no work on the Riemann Hypothesis
16:12 what makes a great mathematician? importance of stubbornness, choose problems within reach, having a feeling for math.
17:30 how did you persist in the face of difficulty; have to know when to give up too
18:20 algebra, geometry, topology
18:47 most challenging, exciting math. in the 21st century
19:48 computers in math.
21:32 as used on the 4-colour problem
21:56 Fermat conjecture proof: need for theory and machinery?
23:15 wunderkind? mathematical talent
24:37 Beurling
26:14 reason for focus on analysis-combinatorics-geometry
27:30 current math. interests:: complexity
28:02 organisation of research: Acta Mathematica
29:30 scientific publishing into the future
32:18 Institute Mittag-Leffler
35:40 President of the IMU
37:18 anti-Semitism from the Soviet math. leaders?
38:20 book, Mathematics for Our Times (1968); pure vs. applied math.
40:35 math. curriculum
42:46 how best to convey what mathematicians do to others; get people used to the terminology (as physics has done)
44:28 Abel Prize itself & related activities
45:30 other interests
46:10 conclusion (Norwegian)
This is supposed to be an interview about mathematics, why did the interviewers suddenly change the topic and switch to the discussion about anti-semitism?