#190 Jordan Ellenberg: Mathematics of High-Dimensional Shapes and Geometries

Published: June 13, 2021, 3:12 a.m.

Jordan Ellenberg is a mathematician and author of Shape and How Not to Be Wrong. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(06:44) - Mathematical thinking
\n(10:21) - Geometry
\n(14:58) - Symmetry
\n(25:29) - Math and science in the Soviet Union
\n(33:09) - Topology
\n(47:57) - Do we live in many more than 4 dimensions?
\n(52:28) - How many holes does a straw have
\n(1:01:53) - 3Blue1Brown
\n(1:07:40) - Will AI ever win a Fields Medal?
\n(1:16:05) - Fermat's last theorem
\n(1:33:23) - Reality cannot be explained simply
\n(1:39:08) - Prime numbers
\n(2:00:37) - John Conway's Game of Life
\n(2:12:29) - Group theory
\n(2:15:45) - Gauge theory
\n(2:23:47) - Grigori Perelman and the Poincare Conjecture
\n(2:33:59) - How to learn math
\n(2:41:08) - Advice for young people
\n(2:43:13) - Meaning of life