Math-Life Balance
Math-Life Balance
Mura Yakerson
Interview with Tomer Schlank
53 minutes Posted Jul 16, 2021 at 7:39 pm.
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astronaut’s dreams
enjoying the struggle
top-down thinking
seminar with physicists
math dream with Vesna Stojanoska
taking breaks in projects
advising 11 students
doing math & drinking arak
being stuck is good for you
how to get unstuck
don’t worry about talent
why people hate math
run towards the problem
don’t look down on other parts of math
final advice
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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: https://mathematics.huji.ac.il/people/tomer-schlank
Photo: from Tomer's homepage