30: Alex Kontorovich - Outreach, outsiders, and obeisance

Alex Kontorovich is a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Rutgers University with lots of experience in teaching and outreach. In our talk, we will touch on diverse topics, including: - why care about math (and its history) - what can outsiders bring to the table - how useful it is to be the dumbest in the room - where music meets math and where it doesn't   Startovač: https://www.startovac.cz/patron/misto-problemu/ FB stránka: https://www.facebook.com/mistoproblemu Web: https://www.mistoproblemu.cz/   Timestamps: (0:00) introduction (00:46) problems, proofs, and thinking styles (13:16) outreach, motivation, and explaining concepts (28:06) interdisciplinarity and outsiders (33:30) people teaching computers and vice versa (39:52) stamina, humility, music, and gratitude   Links: - MoMath: https://momath.org/ - Natural Number Game: https://adam.math.hhu.de/#/g/leanprover-community/nng4 - Lean in the browser: https://live.lean-lang.org/ - Prime Number Theorem project: https://github.com/AlexKontorovich/PrimeNumberTheoremAnd - other Lean projects: https://leanprover-community.github.io/lean_projects.html - polymath projects: https://polymathprojects.org/ - Alex's website: https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~alexk/