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

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