Michel Talagrand: Advice to Young Mathematicians (2024)

[@samyaid2433]

It is a privilege to hear the advice of one of the greatest living mathematicians! Thank you M. Talagrand!

[@leif1075]

Whybis it a privilege?

[@brightlin777]

​@@leif1075 Because some people can't.

[@AMan-je6ke]

Hi... Are you a Mathematician?

[@othmanelkaddioui4364]

I think he should get another prize for being the humblest mathematician in the world

[@othmanelkaddioui4364]

Honest and therefore humble

[@PrantikBose-biggie]

@@othmanelkaddioui4364 people with high intelligence are humble very humble .The high ranking professors from any part of the world ,people who mastered a subject are all like this .

[@loneslombardi]

​​​​@@PrantikBose-biggieOf course, it's just seeming them on a moment or another you can knowing if they are or not humbles. Do you want to know actually if they are humbles? It put them on a debate with another person to different opinion.

[@tobiassugandi]

What a heartfelt encouragement

[@ytbr7772]

Did a postdoc in pure math but left academia thinking I'd be more useful to society elsewhere. Now I am unemployed because nobody hires a pure mathematician.

[@RahulT-oy1br]

I would expect quantitative trading firms (e.g. Jane Street, Citadel to name the giants) to look for the skills of a pure mathematician. Maybe that's something you could consider?

[@mkhnuser]

That's precisely why so many people struggle with mathematics at the beginning of their journey: the constant switch between a simplified abstraction in your head and formal, logical definition. You can't solve a problem without reverting to formalism, which requires a great mental effort. The sooner you get used to it, the faster your progress will go. Well said, Michel Talagrand!

[@h1percube]

Not only a brilliant mathematician but also a brilliant man.

[@douglasstrother6584]

Work hard and be open-minded when you find your "knack": you may be really interested in one field of mathematics, but discover that you have a greater aptitude in another.

[@P.DEY1729]

Great man with his great advice. Lots of respect to you sir 🙏🏻

[@nishaanand4106]

What a warm guiding message 😊

[@KamleshKumar-yx8og]

Nice, impressive and very useful advice, thanks

[@farshadfattahi20]

Great advice! Many thanks 🙏🙏🙏

[@java_Marcelo-xx5nw]

Thank you for share!

[@yhHhehdhdhejjhd]

Thanks for a concise and clear advice.

[@WardaAttou]

All the love❤

[@angelpink9890]

Thanks, Tala.

[@Xyshsus]

The speech was good .

[@kwiky5643]

Je viens de le découvrir mais grand respect ✊

[@Mihawk-Hawk-eye]

Ramanujan Goat Mathematician happy to heard him ❤

[@STRONGFOUNDATIONMATHS]

Interview with michel talagrand about his education experiences and mathematics.

[@AbelPrize]

Stay tuned.

[@riinaamiiy6994]

i wish i can attend the next one :( its look fun

[@priyangshusen7371]

How to start research in mathematics? Is it through problem solving or abstract thinking 🤔

[@esakkithirugnanam6626]

When

[@--AnonymousUser--]

Dumbledore of Math

[@mukul7140]

Why?

[@babybeel8787]

When do you know you should stop trying? Sure I can grind but sometimes it's just not enough

[@emmanuel1534]

There is no easy solution to what you are asking. Let's take a mathematical point of view If you are a mathematician you can of course imagine that there exist some people that should a priori stop trying because nothing proove that they don't exist. If you are asking if you should, you're probably in a interval of people including some that should and some that souldn't: but should you ? Obviously we can't answer you from the very element we have (or can we?) But it should be noted that if you ask this question is that maybe you can as I just said. The real question: do you want to do something else if you are not sure of the mathematical result ? AN obvious answer would be never stop trying but I get what you are saying. It is often say to not stop trying. I think you can ask yourself is why should I stop trying / why should I keep trying ? btw if you are an undergrad don't stop trying because I give maths classes so contact me haha !

[@low-litlight3438]

I won’t say you should never stop trying, but generally I find that those moments of self-doubt eventually subside if what you’re trying is at all possible. If you find yourself continually failing and discouraged, seek a new perspective or try a different project. But if it truly interests you and you feel like sometimes you can pull an inch out of the problem you’re working on, keep going!

[@Barbapippo]

I didn't know Inspector Clouseau was a brilliant mathematician.

[@Elizabeth-nq9ly]

👏

[@thereGoMapo]

my advice to mathematicians - get paid well. many industries need mathematical models or at least rigor in their processes/programs. learn to program a computer.

[@makedredd299]

Could AI be used to solve the hundred year old Millennium (math) Problems?

[@Someone10292]

not with the framework bieng polished by tech companies called LLMs. i would argue there i still decades if not a whole century of work to be done for it to be able to match human creativity and contribute to world of pure science

[@assasin1992m]

@@Someone10292 For theorems that have proofs, it is quite easy to device an algorithm that do just that: Enumerate all proof paths from the axioms to the desired proof, no need for a human mathematician to do that, its purely logical manipulation. Nearly all theorems are however undecidables, the clay millenium problems are likely to be undecideables, so therefore no, by definition you would have to evaluate the value of an incomputeable function in order to proof such a theorem, for this reason no AI can solve it, because an AI works only with computeable functions.

[@MandeepSahni-x7l]

❤

[@pradipdebnath3218]

❤🎉

[@xxnotmuchxx]

I thought he was going to say AI will replace mathematicians lol

[@doraemon402]

Except nowadays "hard work" won't do the job. You'll need to be friends with the right people and have no academic freedom.

[@ichigokurosaki2838]

💯💯💯

[@bonjour7209]

To make friends with people from academia usually comes from collabing with them in math research And if I understand right what you're talking about when you're saying "have no academic freedom" I think it really depends on where you live but since most mathematicians are usually not really implicated activists, I can't tell you for sure. Do you have examples about a mathematician being denied a prize in recent years due to political activism?

[@brightlin777]

You can be successful outside of academia, you know?

[@juhanjames2653]

It's math...u just need pen and paper

[@JohnVKaravitis]

What purpose does this "advice" fulfill?

[@japethspeaketh7034]

My advice to young mathematicians:- You need an IQ over 160 to be successful in mathematics otherwise you're wasting your time.

[@quisut7167]

don’t believe him kids, i have iq 90 and i’m a very successful mathematician

[@andersbahrami1649]

Please elaborate @japethspeaketh7034

[@bonjour7209]

It does help and I get what you're saying, but I think we haven't reached a point where IQ tests are so precise that it is an end all be all

[@iwack]

Definitely isn't for everybody, I can say that much. Some are more attuned to mathematics than others, just as others are more attuned to carpentry. We have different roles in life and one of the most important things is understanding your own and how that relates to others.

[@GustavoSantos-fo8rk]

If a person wants to become a mathematician, he will do it, as long as he don't listen to people like you. Limiting beliefs are here to stop all of us all the time, and your comment is just one more proof about. As long your comment are about the people who not are playing with math because is what their soul are tell them, ok your comment can be accepted, but please try to change your way to vomit the perception about the reality to others and give a try to you to free your soul from this encapsulation you are putting yourself.

[@davidrandell2224]

Theoretical Physicists - mathematical philosophers- have long held back physics. The Atomic Expansion Equation is well worth knowing. “The Final Theory: Rethinking Our Scientific Legacy “, Mark McCutcheon for proper physics including the CAUSE of gravity, electricity, magnetism, light and well..... everything. Mathematical ‘objects ‘, starting with Euclid’s “point” has been an abysmal descent into abstract noise.