Interview with Adebisi Agboola

<p>Adebisi Agboola is a professor in UCSB, working in number theory and arithmetic geometry. In this interview you get to hear non-standard opinions &nbsp;on many questions, such as encouragement to do math among minorities, working on a Millenium problem and the rules of doing mathematics.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Bisi's homepage: <a href="https://web.math.ucsb.edu/~agboola/​">https://web.math.ucsb.edu/~agboola/​</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>0:00​ teaser</p> <p>0:43​ hating math</p> <p>5:45​ teaching math to small kids</p> <p>9:38​ explaining your research to non-mathematicians</p> <p>13:11​ following math talks</p> <p>15:21​ the comfort of not understanding</p> <p>20:33​ confronted with a problem you have no clue about</p> <p>22:02​ lists of black mathematicians</p> <p>26:41​ diversity measures in mathematics</p> <p>32:46​ whether you have drive for math</p> <p>35:29​ the only rule of doing math</p> <p>38:01​ escaping math in a cinema</p> <p>42:24​ weird reason for doing a job</p> <p>44:46​ unexpected outcome of giving up</p> <p>46:33​ working around a Millenium problem</p> <p>49:39​ writing a research statement</p> <p>53:24​ biggest misconception about math research</p> <p>56:00​ people think mathematicians are crazy</p> <p>58:36​ why mathematicians lack social skills</p> <p>1:00:00​ find your own way</p>