00:00 Introduction 00:51 the Weyl problem 02:07 PDEs, ODEs 05:03 work with Caffarelli and Kohn on the Navier-Stokes equations 06:15 how did your mathematical life started (now no longer fascinated by puzzles) 07:04 went to a very good high school (Baron Byng) 07:35 talent for mathematics? 08:08 graduated from McGill (Math. and Physics) 09:20 at the Courant Institute 10:30 more on Richard Courant and his Institute 11:45 Courant retained the "good people", not forced to move on 12:15 the Courant family, 12:55 Kurt Friedrichs as mentor, "sensei" 13:42 no distinction between pure and applied math. at the Institute 14:10 Courant asked what does a Math. Dept need 14:25 why so many Abel Prize winners from the Courant? 15:25 important colleagues: Fritz John, Hans Lewy 16:10 co-authors 16:38 Fritz John, BMO theory 17:42 I love inequalities; importance of inequalities in PDEs 18:56 two papers with Agmon, Douglis extending Schauder's work 20:07 Kohn, pseudo-differential operators from properties of commutators 22:00 Newlander and problem in complex analysis 23:45 90% papers are co-authored: why work with others? 24:24 start with a goal; when I come to a fork in the road, I take it 24:55 problem-solvers vs theory-builders 25:16 interesting problems; what attracted to; how do you find a good research problem? e.g. a proof you don't like 26:20 how results achieved? most of the time you're stuck; perseverance necessary 27:15 absorption in a problem 27:55: 45 PhD students, problems for, working with 29:02 love for math.? what is appealing? fun, exciting, even though stuck 90%+ of the time 30:05 need to be stubborn, to persevere 30:18 communicating to the "general public" 30:40 Love and Math by Frenkel 31:10 in the Soviet Union, joint 1963 meeting on PDEs, a wonderful meeting 32:16 no collaborations with Russians though 32:26 China, Chinese mathematicians incl. Chern (1975) 34:09 first recipient of the Chern Medal (2010) 34:20 Arnol'd, Crafoord Prize 35:40 results already proved in Russia? 36:42 interests outside of math. 37:39 music interests incl. jazz, Argentine tangos
To say that Prof. Niremerg had an amazing memory for names would be to remark on a trivial capability next to his completely unfathomable capability for complex abstraction. But there it is. It sounds as if the world he created for himself was one oyster after another.
00:00
Introduction
00:51 the Weyl problem
02:07 PDEs, ODEs
05:03 work with Caffarelli and Kohn on the Navier-Stokes equations
06:15 how did your mathematical life started (now no longer fascinated by puzzles)
07:04 went to a very good high school (Baron Byng)
07:35 talent for mathematics?
08:08 graduated from McGill (Math. and Physics)
09:20 at the Courant Institute
10:30 more on Richard Courant and his Institute
11:45 Courant retained the "good people", not forced to move on
12:15 the Courant family,
12:55 Kurt Friedrichs as mentor, "sensei"
13:42 no distinction between pure and applied math. at the Institute
14:10 Courant asked what does a Math. Dept need
14:25 why so many Abel Prize winners from the Courant?
15:25 important colleagues: Fritz John, Hans Lewy
16:10 co-authors
16:38 Fritz John, BMO theory
17:42 I love inequalities; importance of inequalities in PDEs
18:56 two papers with Agmon, Douglis extending Schauder's work
20:07 Kohn, pseudo-differential operators from properties of commutators
22:00 Newlander and problem in complex analysis
23:45 90% papers are co-authored: why work with others?
24:24 start with a goal; when I come to a fork in the road, I take it
24:55 problem-solvers vs theory-builders
25:16 interesting problems; what attracted to; how do you find a good research problem? e.g. a proof you don't like
26:20 how results achieved? most of the time you're stuck; perseverance necessary
27:15 absorption in a problem
27:55: 45 PhD students, problems for, working with
29:02 love for math.? what is appealing? fun, exciting, even though stuck 90%+ of the time
30:05 need to be stubborn, to persevere
30:18 communicating to the "general public"
30:40 Love and Math by Frenkel
31:10 in the Soviet Union, joint 1963 meeting on PDEs, a wonderful meeting
32:16 no collaborations with Russians though
32:26 China, Chinese mathematicians incl. Chern (1975)
34:09 first recipient of the Chern Medal (2010)
34:20 Arnol'd, Crafoord Prize
35:40 results already proved in Russia?
36:42 interests outside of math.
37:39 music interests incl. jazz, Argentine tangos
Absolutely magnificent! Such an honour is could hear, learn and meet a little bit more about this amazing scientist!!
This prof is ultra smart, creative and lucid! He definitely deserved Abel Prize, and even more!
What a guy . Respect .
He reminds me so much of the late great Eli Stein. Both wonderful guys.
Fantastic analyst!
Great mathematician!!
To say that Prof. Niremerg had an amazing memory for names would be to remark on a trivial capability next to his completely unfathomable capability for complex abstraction. But there it is. It sounds as if the world he created for himself was one oyster after another.
rest in peace
Would have been nice, if they have also asked him, which movies he likes so much
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David.P