Interview with Tomer Schlank
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Tomer Schlank is a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, working in homotopy theory and arithmetic geometry. In this interview, Tomer shares his experience of advising a big group of students, speaks about the importance of embracing the struggle, and explains how to get unstuck in a math problem.
Tomer's homepage: mathematics.hu...
Photo: from Tomer's homepage
0:00 teaser
0:31 astronaut’s dreams
4:06 enjoying the struggle
8:27 top-down thinking
11:35 seminar with physicists
14:52 math dream with Vesna Stojanoska
19:24 taking breaks in projects
22:32 advising 11 students
26:47 doing math & drinking arak
31:14 being stuck is good for you
34:49 how to get unstuck
38:08 don’t worry about talent
42:33 why people hate math
45:36 run towards the problem
48:25 don’t look down on other parts of math
51:43 final advice