Michel Talagrand: Advice to Young Mathematicians (2024)

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  • @samyaid2433
    @samyaid2433 7 місяців тому +117

    It is a privilege to hear the advice of one of the greatest living mathematicians! Thank you M. Talagrand!

    • @leif1075
      @leif1075 7 місяців тому

      Whybis it a privilege?

    • @brightlin777
      @brightlin777 7 місяців тому +10

      ​@@leif1075 Because some people can't.

    • @AMan-je6ke
      @AMan-je6ke 2 місяці тому

      Hi... Are you a Mathematician?

  • @othmanelkaddioui4364
    @othmanelkaddioui4364 7 місяців тому +92

    I think he should get another prize for being the humblest mathematician in the world

    • @othmanelkaddioui4364
      @othmanelkaddioui4364 7 місяців тому +11

      Honest and therefore humble

    • @PrantikBose-biggie
      @PrantikBose-biggie 6 місяців тому

      @@othmanelkaddioui4364 people with high intelligence are humble very humble .The high ranking professors from any part of the world ,people who mastered a subject are all like this .

    • @loneslombardi
      @loneslombardi 6 місяців тому +1

      ​​​​@@PrantikBose-biggieOf course, it's just seeming them on a moment or another you can knowing if they are or not humbles. Do you want to know actually if they are humbles? It put them on a debate with another person to different opinion.

  • @tobiassugandi
    @tobiassugandi 7 місяців тому +53

    What a heartfelt encouragement

  • @mkhnuser
    @mkhnuser 6 місяців тому +21

    That's precisely why so many people struggle with mathematics at the beginning of their journey: the constant switch between a simplified abstraction in your head and formal, logical definition. You can't solve a problem without reverting to formalism, which requires a great mental effort. The sooner you get used to it, the faster your progress will go. Well said, Michel Talagrand!

  • @ytbr7772
    @ytbr7772 6 місяців тому +18

    Did a postdoc in pure math but left academia thinking I'd be more useful to society elsewhere. Now I am unemployed because nobody hires a pure mathematician.

    • @RahulT-oy1br
      @RahulT-oy1br 6 місяців тому +7

      I would expect quantitative trading firms (e.g. Jane Street, Citadel to name the giants) to look for the skills of a pure mathematician. Maybe that's something you could consider?

  • @douglasstrother6584
    @douglasstrother6584 6 місяців тому +17

    Work hard and be open-minded when you find your "knack": you may be really interested in one field of mathematics, but discover that you have a greater aptitude in another.

  • @h1percube
    @h1percube 6 місяців тому +5

    Not only a brilliant mathematician but also a brilliant man.

  • @P.DEY1729
    @P.DEY1729 6 місяців тому +1

    Great man with his great advice. Lots of respect to you sir 🙏🏻

  • @KamleshKumar-yx8og
    @KamleshKumar-yx8og 7 місяців тому +5

    Nice, impressive and very useful advice, thanks

  • @nishaanand4106
    @nishaanand4106 6 місяців тому +1

    What a warm guiding message 😊

  • @farshadfattahi20
    @farshadfattahi20 7 місяців тому +4

    Great advice! Many thanks 🙏🙏🙏

  • @java_Marcelo-xx5nw
    @java_Marcelo-xx5nw 6 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for share!

  • @angelpink9890
    @angelpink9890 6 місяців тому +2

    Thanks, Tala.

  • @yhHhehdhdhejjhd
    @yhHhehdhdhejjhd 7 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for a concise and clear advice.

  • @WardaAttou
    @WardaAttou 6 місяців тому +1

    All the love❤

  • @kwiky5643
    @kwiky5643 6 місяців тому +1

    Je viens de le découvrir mais grand respect ✊

  • @STRONGFOUNDATIONMATHS
    @STRONGFOUNDATIONMATHS 6 місяців тому +5

    Interview with michel talagrand about his education experiences and mathematics.

  • @Xyshsus
    @Xyshsus 6 місяців тому

    The speech was good .

  • @priyangshusen7371
    @priyangshusen7371 5 місяців тому

    How to start research in mathematics? Is it through problem solving or abstract thinking 🤔

  • @riinaamiiy6994
    @riinaamiiy6994 7 місяців тому +1

    i wish i can attend the next one :( its look fun

  • @Mihawk-Hawk-eye
    @Mihawk-Hawk-eye 6 місяців тому

    Ramanujan Goat Mathematician happy to heard him ❤

  • @esakkithirugnanam6626
    @esakkithirugnanam6626 Місяць тому

    When

  • @--AnonymousUser--
    @--AnonymousUser-- 6 місяців тому +3

    Dumbledore of Math

  • @Elizabeth-nq9ly
    @Elizabeth-nq9ly 7 місяців тому +2

    👏

  • @MandeepSahni-x7l
    @MandeepSahni-x7l 7 місяців тому

  • @pradipdebnath3218
    @pradipdebnath3218 7 місяців тому

    ❤🎉

  • @babybeel8787
    @babybeel8787 7 місяців тому +2

    When do you know you should stop trying? Sure I can grind but sometimes it's just not enough

    • @emmanuel1534
      @emmanuel1534 7 місяців тому +3

      There is no easy solution to what you are asking.
      Let's take a mathematical point of view
      If you are a mathematician you can of course imagine that there exist some people that should a priori stop trying because nothing proove that they don't exist.
      If you are asking if you should, you're probably in a interval of people including some that should and some that souldn't: but should you ?
      Obviously we can't answer you from the very element we have (or can we?)
      But it should be noted that if you ask this question is that maybe you can as I just said.
      The real question: do you want to do something else if you are not sure of the mathematical result ?
      AN obvious answer would be never stop trying but I get what you are saying.
      It is often say to not stop trying.
      I think you can ask yourself is why should I stop trying / why should I keep trying ?
      btw if you are an undergrad don't stop trying because I give maths classes so contact me haha !

    • @low-litlight3438
      @low-litlight3438 6 місяців тому +3

      I won’t say you should never stop trying, but generally I find that those moments of self-doubt eventually subside if what you’re trying is at all possible. If you find yourself continually failing and discouraged, seek a new perspective or try a different project. But if it truly interests you and you feel like sometimes you can pull an inch out of the problem you’re working on, keep going!

  • @Barbapippo
    @Barbapippo 6 місяців тому

    I didn't know Inspector Clouseau was a brilliant mathematician.

  • @thereGoMapo
    @thereGoMapo 6 місяців тому +1

    my advice to mathematicians - get paid well. many industries need mathematical models or at least rigor in their processes/programs. learn to program a computer.

  • @xxnotmuchxx
    @xxnotmuchxx 6 місяців тому

    I thought he was going to say AI will replace mathematicians lol

  • @makedredd299
    @makedredd299 7 місяців тому +2

    Could AI be used to solve the hundred year old Millennium (math) Problems?

    • @Someone10292
      @Someone10292 6 місяців тому +1

      not with the framework bieng polished by tech companies called LLMs. i would argue there i still decades if not a whole century of work to be done for it to be able to match human creativity and contribute to world of pure science

    • @assasin1992m
      @assasin1992m 13 днів тому

      @@Someone10292 For theorems that have proofs, it is quite easy to device an algorithm that do just that: Enumerate all proof paths from the axioms to the desired proof, no need for a human mathematician to do that, its purely logical manipulation. Nearly all theorems are however undecidables, the clay millenium problems are likely to be undecideables, so therefore no, by definition you would have to evaluate the value of an incomputeable function in order to proof such a theorem, for this reason no AI can solve it, because an AI works only with computeable functions.

  • @doraemon402
    @doraemon402 7 місяців тому +30

    Except nowadays "hard work" won't do the job. You'll need to be friends with the right people and have no academic freedom.

    • @ichigokurosaki2838
      @ichigokurosaki2838 7 місяців тому

      💯💯💯

    • @bonjour7209
      @bonjour7209 7 місяців тому +5

      To make friends with people from academia usually comes from collabing with them in math research
      And if I understand right what you're talking about when you're saying "have no academic freedom" I think it really depends on where you live but since most mathematicians are usually not really implicated activists, I can't tell you for sure. Do you have examples about a mathematician being denied a prize in recent years due to political activism?

    • @brightlin777
      @brightlin777 7 місяців тому +2

      You can be successful outside of academia, you know?

    • @juhanjames2653
      @juhanjames2653 6 місяців тому +1

      It's math...u just need pen and paper

  • @JohnVKaravitis
    @JohnVKaravitis 26 днів тому

    What purpose does this "advice" fulfill?

  • @japethspeaketh7034
    @japethspeaketh7034 7 місяців тому +18

    My advice to young mathematicians:- You need an IQ over 160 to be successful in mathematics otherwise you're wasting your time.

    • @quisut7167
      @quisut7167 7 місяців тому +27

      don’t believe him kids, i have iq 90 and i’m a very successful mathematician

    • @andersbahrami1649
      @andersbahrami1649 7 місяців тому

      Please elaborate @japethspeaketh7034

    • @bonjour7209
      @bonjour7209 7 місяців тому +11

      It does help and I get what you're saying, but I think we haven't reached a point where IQ tests are so precise that it is an end all be all

    • @iwack
      @iwack 7 місяців тому +4

      Definitely isn't for everybody, I can say that much. Some are more attuned to mathematics than others, just as others are more attuned to carpentry. We have different roles in life and one of the most important things is understanding your own and how that relates to others.

    • @GustavoSantos-fo8rk
      @GustavoSantos-fo8rk 7 місяців тому +20

      If a person wants to become a mathematician, he will do it, as long as he don't listen to people like you. Limiting beliefs are here to stop all of us all the time, and your comment is just one more proof about. As long your comment are about the people who not are playing with math because is what their soul are tell them, ok your comment can be accepted, but please try to change your way to vomit the perception about the reality to others and give a try to you to free your soul from this encapsulation you are putting yourself.

  • @davidrandell2224
    @davidrandell2224 7 місяців тому +1

    Theoretical Physicists - mathematical philosophers- have long held back physics. The Atomic Expansion Equation is well worth knowing. “The Final Theory: Rethinking Our Scientific Legacy “, Mark McCutcheon for proper physics including the CAUSE of gravity, electricity, magnetism, light and well..... everything. Mathematical ‘objects ‘, starting with Euclid’s “point” has been an abysmal descent into abstract noise.