Interview with Hélène Esnault

Hélène Esnault is an Einstein Professor in Freie Universitaet Berlin, working in algebraic geometry. In this interview Hélène talks, among other things, about social discrimination, her passions to poetry and philosophy, and her work at the Fields Medal Committee.
Hélène's homepage: page.mi.fu-berl...
Photo: Oberwolfach Photo Collection
0:00 Social discrimination
6:57 Passionate about humanities
12:00 Struggle of solving math problems, being different
17:44 Focusing on math and intuition
21:25 Moment of enlightenment
23:26 Working on a math problem
29:10 Losing keys at night
31:05 Experience of collaborations
36:07 Are you good enough to do math
37:49 Personal webpage filled with poetry and photos
46:35 Working in international committees
53:42 Fields Medal Committee
58:00 Fun quiz for the end!