What is a Manifold? - Mikhail Gromov 

That's just sad and needs to be turned around

@@readingRoom100 Why? So they would have less time to do math? Russia does not offer optimal conditions for scientists nowadays. And not everyone can be satisfied with a bare minimum, like Perelman.

​@@MrKarpovy It's unfortunate that we have to communicate in english; I rather speak in Russian or Chinese. At any rate, when understood correctly, my comment meant for the conditions of mathematical research be "turned around". This way, there will be less of a brain drain on Russia, which will in turn benefit the average Russian citizens. However, I guess I do mean that some Russian scientists must "turn around" and go back to Russia, particularly those who are required in the valiant effort to revitalize Russian science. And I imagine that willing leaders among this group would not complain about present conditions, deteriorated as they might be. After all, such leaders work to usher in better conditions.

@Jayce Decker Wow, it worked! And why does Jerry Hudson and Jayce Decker sound the same person lol

yep

wild villani appears

Tom Lynd his accent is also atrocious. do they not teach pronunciation to non native English speakers?

His accent is fine

Tadesan No, you are not being patronising at all!

yes, agreed, applied maths has immediate applications, I was thinking more of the more abstract areas that seem to have a long incubation period.

indunaNo1 I thought Fourier transforms were based off Taylor series ? I could be wrong though.

Are you a mathematician man I am from Pincenton's advanced studies institute. I would like to send you several of my works

indunaNo1 Even that is not generally true. Example: Gromov hyperbolic graphs are very abstract and discovered recently, but yet they are important in the analysis of social networks, or the design of electrical circuits in modern computers.

I mean that front row also features Smale, Nirenberg, and Thurston. Pretty OP

Вадим Цукерман Те, кому эти лекции интересны, английский должны знать по умолчанию. Наука говорит на английском.

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Well I liked it at least. It maybe took 4 months, but you get a thumbs up now. :)

I agree, it's difficult to decide whether the difficulty lies in the thing itself or the failure of various people to explain it.

I don't understand what you expected? This is obviously directed towards mathematicians.

Subtitles.

c'mon! Beardo's accent sounds nice. I'm a non-native and still understand him. You should try chinesse's accent.

I can understand perfectly, and english is my 3-rd language.

@@florin604 me too

Carmen Everywhere .....Not really. I have no problem understanding his English.

Well, when the mathematician in question is not only an Abel Prize recipient but has a Permament position at IHES, maybe we proles' would best listen a little harder...

Gavino Felix I assume you are mathematician, because your response is completely ambiguous and unrelated to my comment. Good for him that he has a permanent position at IHES, but only a very small percentage are so fortunate and prestigious. The rest are Postdocs (i.e., Temp Workers) who usually have few real life skills that may be demanded in industry, or struggling to find good careers. I question and regret learning all this abstract nonsense when there is little demand for it in the job market and even less demand for it in real life. Bottom line is that for the majority of us, knowing this nonsense DOES NOT PAY THE BILLS!!!!!! I don't know how much more clear I can be.

Jason Haradyn I definitely agree with you w/r/t the American Education System/Capitalism taking advantage of post-docs, adjunct professors, etc. What really moves me about this lecture (and the few other 'casual' lectures of his posted on youtube) is that he has nothing to prove and no one to impress - we're getting a once in a lifetime chance to witness a 'great mathematician' not constrained to rigor and formality. More and more I'm realizing that math is and never was just the theorem-proof style presented in textbooks. Textbooks and rigor are great and wonderful, but there's something lost when the social element (talking to other people excited about math, shooting ideas off of one another, 'going out on a limb' with an idea...) of math is silenced. Unfortunately, my opinions, sentiments, reactions, etc. are likely heavily distorted by the fact that I'm in my late 20's and going to school at a community college here in the States. Between stocking grocery store shelves and enduring the U.S. required 'calculus' track before I'm permitted to study 'more advanced mathematics', i'm pretty worn down by the time I find myself with free time. It's just comforting to know that somewhere in the world, people are permitted and encouraged to think without constraints.

Gavino Felix Great comment, with some amazing insights. I just want people to know that these days they must consider the education they are receiving and also choose education that has minimal gaps with careers. Unfortunately, the gaps between pure mathematics and the job market, i.e., the real world, are too large, which these days makes me question -- Why?? Why the large gaps? Why do I even care about this theory? Why? Unfortunate, but reality.

If you can learn all that math, you can surely get a decent job in software development, data science or whatever if you start learning about those fields.

+Nabil Bouhmad His mathematical papers are very hard to read. His papers are very are not straightforward.

+Nabil Bouhmad but.. but. but.. but.. but.. these essentially the last question, yow

vincent zevecke Haha that's very true I guess that's quite common among Russian Mathematicians except maybe Prelemans paper on Ricci Flow that was very clear and beautiful

Bill Thurston is also there.

non-Aryan table services made me lol.

I agree, on both notes, lol.

To me, his accent is like seasoning on a steak. 👌 - Not a Russian

Try Yuri Manin.

Никаких лекций тебе

Маэстро Микаэль Громов дает лекции только на франсуа ун инглиш, если тебе не нравится, ехай в Нью Йорк или Париж и жалуйся там ему лично, что он говорит на языке мировой науке со своими иностранными коллегами, а не на русском.

I'd say that's a good way to think of it

+RougeWaterPoloPlayer LOL, totally different accent, manner, and for god's sake, totally different subject

yeah well you would say that

yet accurate

shut your fucking mouth up!!! 收你個聲 死蠢

r u from UK, sir&