Interview with Peter Scholze

Peter Scholze is a professor in Bonn University, working in number theory and arithmetic geometry. In this interview, we chat about the pressure of the Fields medal, discuss the pain of writing math papers and argue about math. Peter's homepage: http://www.math.uni-bonn.de/people/scholze/ Photo: Hausdorff Center for Mathematics / Barbara Frommann Merkurjev's lecture on the proof of Bloch-Kato conjecture: https://youtu.be/bUaWCOtBUHs 0:00 proof or relatability  0:58 influence of the background 2:50 learning math vs solving problems 7:38 Peter is not creative 11:55 math chat (sorry!) 14:23 collaborating with Dustin Clausen 16:29 math gives head ache 18:20 pressure of Fields medal 21:47 representing others is the worst 24:01 interviews with prodigies 26:53 don't waste time on the Riemann hypothesis 29:28 emails from amateur mathematicians 34:01 lockdown time is unproductive 36:52 writing math is pain 40:50 thanks to Germany for sponsoring math 45:09 updating Hilbert’s list of problems 49:07 Oberwolfach AG’s are cool 55:31 advice for young mathematicians

Om Podcasten

The official podcast version of Mura Yakerson's YouTube channel Math-Life Balance. What Mura has to say about the content: "In this [podcast] I post my non-professional interviews with professional mathematicians. I ask my colleagues about their personal experience in math, their struggles and lifehacks. I hope that this shared experience would be helpful for other people in the math community, especially for young mathematicians!" Interviews are posted weekly during the weekends.