Interview with Peter Scholze

<p>Peter Scholze is a professor in Bonn University, working in number theory and arithmetic geometry. In this interview, we chat about the pressure of the Fields medal, discuss the pain of writing math papers and argue about math.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Peter's homepage: <a href="http://www.math.uni-bonn.de/people/scholze/">http://www.math.uni-bonn.de/people/scholze/</a></p> <p>Photo: Hausdorff Center for Mathematics / Barbara Frommann</p> <p><br></p> <p>Merkurjev's lecture on the proof of Bloch-Kato conjecture: <a href="https://youtu.be/bUaWCOtBUHs">https://youtu.be/bUaWCOtBUHs</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>0:00 proof or relatability&nbsp;</p> <p>0:58 influence of the background</p> <p>2:50 learning math vs solving problems</p> <p>7:38 Peter is not creative</p> <p>11:55 math chat (sorry!)</p> <p>14:23 collaborating with Dustin Clausen</p> <p>16:29 math gives head ache</p> <p>18:20 pressure of Fields medal</p> <p>21:47 representing others is the worst</p> <p>24:01 interviews with prodigies</p> <p>26:53 don't waste time on the Riemann hypothesis</p> <p>29:28 emails from amateur mathematicians</p> <p>34:01 lockdown time is unproductive</p> <p>36:52 writing math is pain</p> <p>40:50 thanks to Germany for sponsoring math</p> <p>45:09 updating Hilbert’s list of problems</p> <p>49:07 Oberwolfach AG’s are cool</p> <p>55:31 advice for young mathematicians</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p>