Winning the Fields Medal (extended interview) - Numberphile

An extended version of our interview with James Maynard about winning the Fields Medal. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓

Some images and video courtesy of the International Mathematical Union. And some photos by Jussi Rekiaro/Unigrafia used with permission.

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Videos by Brady Haran

[BillySnowball]

'I had this very awkward period of socialising with other mathematicians' never a truer word said

[inigom]

Prof. Maynard lectured linear algebra II for first year undergrads in maths and he is certainly a very good lecturer. Also a decent drawer on whiteboard haha. Kinda surreal to have a Field's medalist teaching me basic linear algebra.

[makhalid]

Bro was worried about his intrusive thoughts 💀😅

[TryTri]

Lovely to hear his story! Thanks for the content!

[You_work_tomorrow]

Finally, I needed more numberphile2, thanks

[michaelmaguire]

What a stellar achievement from such a relatively young person.

[treyquattro]

James should make a Run DMC-style pendant out of his medal to wear to those dinner parties. I would.

[tallswede]

so when you win the field medal, the prize is that you get a field to run around in, or farm or whatever you want to do with it.

[munjee]

I completely missed that his son was holding the medal in the original video

[timothyodonnell]

Brady - great interview! You have considerable interviewing talent. Have you ever considered being a talk show host?

[wktodd]

The Maynards are multiplying ... Other mathematical jokes are available

[landonkryger]

I hate seeing an extended cut after finishing the main video. I don't want to see the same interview twice.

[MusicFanatical]

He should wear it every day around his neck when at work, giving lectures, eating in the canteen...

[Sibabalwe_Sinyaniso]

Hey Numberphile I'm a junior Data Engineer working with problems that I think in my Humble opinions are sequential meaning you can solve them by drawing a graph in the conceptual stage, is it always clear on what's missing when you mathematicians solve problems? Like do you know what's the next step and just don't know how to arrive there? Is it the 'how' that's missing?

[TheMrShameem]

Why don't they make a second version of the Fields Medal for people over 40, or does it exist and is just not as talked about?

[vimalk]

didn't you interview him already for his Fields Medal ?

[edwardpaddock]

Amusingly, Helsinki is actually closer to the Ukraine than St. Petersburg is. (about 100 km closer, as it turns out.)

[maaaaaaaaarcel]

But who the f. cares, if you solved the Riemann Hypothesis, whether you get the Fields medal or not? If you solved the RH, you solved the RH. I guess Andrew Wiles will be forgotten by history, since after all, he didn't get Fermat in time for his Fields medal...